Bruce Armstrong - From the Vault

Bruce Armstrong

From The Vault 17th March - 11th April 2022

Opening 2 - 5pm

19th March 2022 COVID safe, outdoor hospitality

& gallery Australia

20 Jan - 14 Feb 2022 Opening Event 22 Jan 2-5pm Guest Speaker: Geoffrey Edwards, Curator of Point Leo Estate Sculpture Park.

163 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento, Victoria Open 7 Days 10am - 5pm Sales: Julie Collins 0417 324 795 gallery@djprojects.net www.andgalleryaustralia.net Free delivery and installation within Victoria

Bruce Armstrong is one of Australia’s most prominent sculptors and is well known for his large scale public sculptures such as Eagle (Bunjil) situated on Wurundjeri Way in Melbourne’s Docklands and his pair of Guardians, commissioned to flank the Russell Street entrance of the Grand Hyatt Melbourne.

With his pursuit of formal qualities, a search for the perfect combination of shapes, colours and surfaces, Armstrong’s monumental figures engage the spectator in subjects such as mythology, the spiritual forces of nature, and the relationship of public sculpture to architectural design.

His 2016 retrospective at The National Gallery of Victoria ‘An Anthology of Strange Creatures’ was not only a celebration of Bruce’s extensive body of sculptural work, but also a showcase his lesser known two dimensional work which is now the artist’s main focus. This will be Bruce’s second & Gallery exhibition with his first show being our launch exhibition in October 2020.

From the Vault will be a combination of new and older works that explore materials and methods such as wood, bronze, drawings and paintings.

1. Dog Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 62.5cm x 80cm Price $4,000

2. Black Dog Bronze on timber plinth Edition of 5 206 x 44 x 43cm Price $65,000

3. Black Dog Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 82cm x 62cm Price $4,000

4. White Dog Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 82cm x 62cm Price $4,000

5. Head 1 Timber 61 x 23 x 18cm Price $12,000

6. Bear and Light Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 78cm x 62cm Price $4,000

7. Knot Timber shown Available only in bronze Carved timber plinth Edition of 6 85 x 43 x 22cm Price $40,000

8. Cat Snake Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 82cm x 62cm Price $4,000

9. Mr Stool Timber shown Available only in bronze Edition of 6 74 x 39 x 35cm Price $30,000

10. The Dance Painting on plywood 115 x 115cm Price $20,000

11. Cat Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 63 x 81cm Price $4000

12. Cat Painting on timber 69 x 71 x 22cm Price $25,000

13. Pattern Painting on plywood 114 x 114cm Price $20,000

14. Bull Painting on plywood 114 x 114cm Price $20,000

15. Watching Painting on plywood 143 x 96.5cm Price $20,000

16. Bird Holding Man Timber shown Available only in bronze on a timber plinth Edition of 5 66 x 30 x 45cm

17. Black and Red Bird Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 82cm x 62cm Price $4,000

18. Yellow Bird Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 82cm x 62cm Price $4,000

19. Decoy Timber 34 x 24 x 65cm Price $17,000

20. Bird Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 100cm x 76cm Price $4,500

21. NGV Guardians Bronze on timber plinths Edition of 3 30 x 92 x 43cm Price $60,000 for the pair

22. The Cricketer Timber shown Available only in bronze Edition of 6 94 x 38 x 20cm Price $30,000

23. Hug Bronze Edition of 6 70 x 19 x 13cm $20,000

24. Hare Bronze Edition of 7 46 x 11 x 11cm $20,000

25. Bast Timber shown Available only in bronze Edition of 6 81 x 39 x 21cm Price $30,000

26. Goanna Bronze on timber plinth Edition of 5 13.5 x 51 x 16cm $12,000

27. Heading Somewhere Painted timber 55 x 20 x 7cm Price $12,000

28. Bear and Light Pastel, ink, shellac on paper 78cm x 60cm Price $4,000

29. Eaten Timber 210 x 110 x 100cm Price $75,000 Bronze Version POA

30. Cat City Timber 100 x 110 x 70cm Price $55,000 Bronze Version POA

BRUCE ARMSTRONG 1981 Graduate Diploma in Sculpture: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1978-1980 Bachelor of Art in Sculpture: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 2020

& Gallery Australia, Sorrento Victoria

2016

Bruce Armstrong: An Anthology of Strange creatures, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

2013

John Buckley Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne

2011

Ray Hughes Gallery, Surrey Hills, Sydney

2011

Wangaratta Regional Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria

2008

Scott Liversy Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne

2005

Australian Art resources Melbourne

2004

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Melbourne

2003

Australian Art Resources, recent sculpture, Melbourne

2003

John Buckley, Fine Art, works on paper, Melbourne

1999

Museum of Modern Art at Heide, survey exhibition, Melbourne

1998

Australian Galleries, Melbourne

1997

Claremont School of Art, Perth

1996

Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1996

Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne

1994

Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1992

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1990

Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1989

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1987

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1986

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012

John Buckley Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne

2009

Ray Hughes Gallery, Surrey Hills, Sydney

2008

Scott Liversy Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne

1999

The Tactile Art Award New Customs House, Sydney

1999

Archibald Prize Exhibition Art Gallery Of NSW, Sydney

1999

Pleasure Australian Galleries, Melbourne

1998

Millennium Gomboc Sculpture Park, Perth

1997

Notations Victoria University Gallery, Geelong

1997

I, Shadow Australian Galleries, Melbourne

1996

Aurora Seoul Arts Centre, Korea

1996

Sculpture Walk Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

1995 1994

Parallel Practise Gomboc Gallery, Perth Archibald Prize Exhibition Art Gallery Of NSW, Sydney

1994

Fresh From The Studio Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1993

International Sculpture Symposium Showa Kinen Park, Tokyo, Japan

1992

Seven Disparage Artists Deakin University, Geelong

1992

Little Treasures Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1991

New Acquisitions Print & Drawing Dept. NGV, Melbourne

1990

4th Annual Sculpture Triennial National Gallery Of Victoria

1989

We’re Still Thinking Aloud Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1988

Contemporary Australian Art Art Gallery Of Queensland, Brisbane

1988

Contemporary Australian Art Museum Of Modern Art, Satiama Japan

1987

3rd Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery Of Victoria

1986

On Site 2 School Of Hobart, Tasmania

1986

Fears And Scruples Melbourne University Gallery

1986

Site And Vision Carrick Hill, South Australia

1985

New Work Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne

1985

Perspecta 1985 Art Gallery Of NSW, Sydney

1984

New Sculpture, New Directions Melbourne University Gallery

1984

Sculptors As Crafts Men Meat Market Craft Centre, Melb

1984

New Sculptors, New Sculptures Christine Abrams Gallery, Melb

1984

Hugh Williamson Prize Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Awarded ‘Emerging Artist’

1983

Young Sculptors RMIT, Gallery

1981

Animals And Animism RMIT, Gallery

1981

Capitol Permanent Award Geelong City Art Gallery

COMMISSIONS Victoria City Of Colac Sculpture Park 1984 Untitled Melbourne Heide Museum of Modern Art 1985 Tiger Sth Australia Carrick Hill 1985 I Remember Melbourne National Gallery Of Victoria 1986 Untitled Canberra Australian National Gallery 1987 Head Melbourne Victoria University 1988 Clutch Melbourne University Of Melbourne 1988 So It’s Come To This Melbourne Seelaf Square Commission 1988 Untitled Melbourne University Of Melbourne 1988 It’s Her Time Now Australia Ici Contemporary Art Collection 1988 Untitled Sydney O’brien & Dempster Collection 1989 Yawn Bowral, NSW Geoff Cousins Collection 1990 He’s Lucky Sydney University Of NSW 1991 Cat

Victoria Deakin University 1991 Lotus Eater Bowral, NSW Mark Burrows Collection 1992 Untitled Victoria Panna Crane Trucks 1992 Untitled Victoria Spivakovsky Collection 1992 All The World Bowral, NSW Geoff Cousins Collection 1992 How Goes The Night Tokyo, Japan Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa 1993 Mimi Melbourne RMIT University, Swanston Street 1996 Untitled Melbourne The Yarra Turning Basin 1997 Constellation (collaboration with Geoffrey Bartlett) Geelong Deakin University 1998 Every Bird Victoria Smorgon Collection 1998 Bird Perth Ellenbrook Primary School 1998 Bird House Melbourne Ascot Vale 1999 Watch Melbourne Flemington Children’s Centre 1999 Untitled Installation Melbourne Moonee Valley, Avenue Of Honour 1999 Every Bird Melbourne Chadstone Shopping Centre 2000 Smiley Robertson Sally & Peter Crossing Collection 2000 Eagle & Maggi Bowral, NSW Tony Grey Collection 2001 Thoth Melbourne Frankston City Council 2001 Every Bird Melbourne Docklands Authority 2002 Eagle Melbourne Grand Hyatt Hotel 2009. Guardians Canberra Belconnen Way 2011 Owl

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Canberra National Portrait Gallery of Australia NSW Packer Collection Perth Holmes a Court Collection Victoria Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Melbourne Heide Art Gallery Victoria City of Colac Sculpture Park Sydney Art Gallery of NSW Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria Canberra Australian National Gallery South Aust. Carrick Hill Australia ICI Contemporary Art Collection Brisbane Museum of Contemporary Art Brisbane Queensland Art Gallery Sydney University of NSW Tokyo, Japan Showa Kinen park, Tachikawa