peter atkins
jazz
PETER ATKINS JAZZ Opening: Thursday 27 June 2013 6-8pm Exhibition: 27 June - 20 July 2013
MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS: TUESDAY - SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright Peter Atkins This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILER: Hilary Perrett COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney PRINTING: Southern Colour, Sydney Cover Image: Jay Jay Johnson Vol 1 (after Reid Miles), 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm
LIST OF WORKS Jay Jay Johnson Vol 1 (after Reid Miles), 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm Nina Simone - 9 Love Songs, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm Louis Armstrong’s Greatest Hits, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm The Bix Beiderbecke Legend, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm Dynamic Twin Pianos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Nick Perito, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Woodwinds and Bongos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Sauter Finnegan, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Italian Guitars, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Music of the 40s, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Marches Brass and Percussion, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Percussion Classics, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Pete King, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Persistent Percussion, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Dynamic Twin Pianos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm The Return of the Doodle Town Fifers, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Great Pickin’, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Terry Snyder, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Golden Piano Hits, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Two Pianos and Twenty Voices, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Guitars, Woodwinds and Bongos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Blazing Latin Brass, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm
Jay Jay Johnson Vol 1 (after Reid Miles), 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm
Nina Simone - 9 Love Songs, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm
Louis Armstrong’s Greatest Hits, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm
The Bix Beiderbecke Legend, 2013, acrylic on tarpaulin, 215 x 205 cm
Left to right, top to bottom: Dynamic Twin Pianos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Nick Perito, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Woodwinds and Bongos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Sauter Finnegan, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Italian Guitars, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Music of the 40s, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Marches Brass and Percussion, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Percussion Classics, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Pete King, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm
Left to right, top to bottom: Persistent Percussion, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Dynamic Twin Pianos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm The Return of the Doodle Town Fifers, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Great Pickin’, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Terry Snyder, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Golden Piano Hits, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Two Pianos and Twenty Voices, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Guitars, Woodwinds and Bongos, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm Blazing Latin Brass, 2013, mixed media on record covers, 31 x 31 cm
PETER ATKINS 1963 1983–84 1985 2008
Born, Murrurundi, NSW Art Certificate, Newcastle, NSW National Art School, Sydney Australia Council Los Angeles Studio Residency
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Jazz, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2013 Related Forms, Bett Gallery, Hobart 2012 Monopoly Project, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne 2011 Physical Settings, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2010 Hume Highway Project, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne Art Fair 2009 Welcome to LA/ Readymade Abstraction, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne 2008 Pre-formed, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2007 Readymade Abstraction, Greenaway Art Gallery,Adelaide 2006 Special Project #2: Remnant Threads, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne 2006 Precious Things, Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2005 The Connected World, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 2005 Domestic Landscape, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne 2004 The World Around Me, Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2003 Big Paintings 1990–2003, survey exhibition, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
Philanthropy - the Art of Giving, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Wish You Were Here, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide Spring Group Exhibition, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary Encounters, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Artist/Artists, Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Benalla, 25 Years - An Unfolding Journey, Bett Gallery, Hobart The First Show, Pinup@Something Together - Architecture and Design Space, The Compound Interest, Melbourne Art Auction for Outsider Artists, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne Quirky: From the Collection, Newcastle Regional Gallery Voices of Art, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONTINUED) 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2004
Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne The Museum Effect, Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Booragul Art For Science / Art Auction, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Museum of Art ,Melbourne Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery Contemporaneous: Contemporary Australian Painting, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art As A State Of Encounter, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Touring to Broken Hill City Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery and Ipswich Art Gallery. Found Out-Art From The Found Object, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul Multiplicity – Small Tapestries, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne Recent Acquisitions At The N.G.V., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Glad-Wrap-Up, Sherman Galleries, Sydney One Of: Festivus 04, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
COLLECTIONS National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW New England Regional Art Museum, NSW Chartwell Collection, Waikato Museum of Art & History, Hamilton, New Zealand Shell Company of Australia Allens Collection Pat Corrigan Collection Peter Fay Collection Derwent Collection Artbank
MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS: TUESDAY - SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM