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Details
- Date
- 2010
- Media category
- Materials used
- drypoint, angle grinding, scraping and relief on copper plates, printed in black ink and carborundum on 12 sheets of Hahnemuehle 350gsm paper
- Edition
- unique state
- Dimensions
- 240.0 x 540.0 cm approx.
- Signature & date
Signed and dated [part l] l.r., pencil "Parr 2010".
Signed l.l. verso [part a], black crayon? "The plague/ of fantasies I/ 2010".- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 220.2019.a-l
- Copyright
- © Mike Parr
- Artist information
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Mike Parr
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About
'Plague of fantasises 1' belongs to Mike Parr's 'Self-portrait project', an ongoing series of drawings and prints investigating self-representation. In this ambiguous image populated by multiple presences who may or may not represent the artist, Parr pictorially unpacks his conscious and unconscious selves.
Parr's unorthodox and performative printmaking process is a feature of 'Plague of fantasises 1'. Here, Parr has incised the image into copper plates using needles and an angle grinder, and then printed the impression with ink and carborundum powder on paper with the assistance of his printmaker, John Loane. The carborundum powder mixed into the ink lends the final impression an alluring, shimmering quality.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Mike Parr: The hallelujah chorus, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Melbourne, 24 Jun 2010–24 Jul 2010
Mike Parr: Brain coral:
- National Art School, Darlinghurst 24 Feb 2012–14 Apr 2012
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia 27 Jul 2012–16 Sep 2012
- Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong 24 Nov 2012–06 Jan 2013
- Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, Coffs Harbour 13 Jan 2013–24 Feb 2013
- Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah 08 Mar 2013–14 Apr 2013
- Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree 26 Apr 2013–02 Jun 2013
- Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul 14 Jun 2013–21 Jul 2013
- Toowomba Regional Art Gallery, 29 Jul 2013–15 Sep 2013
- Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville 11 Oct 2013–17 Nov 2013
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Anita Taylor, Mike Parr, Katie Dyer and John Loane, Mike Parr: Brain coral, Sydney, 2012, 76-77 (colour illus.), 99, 101.
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