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Mark Titmarsh (born 1955) is a contemporary Australian painter.[1] His work involves permutations of painting, sculpture, installation, screen media, performance and writing [citation needed] . In 2017, he published a book called Expanded Painting.[2] [why?]

Work[edit]

During the early 1980s Titmarsh was a key figure[according to whom?] in the underground Super 8 film scene [citation needed]. He produced a number of film projects in Super 8 [citation needed], and in 1982, with Ross Gibson, Lindy Lee, Deirdre Beck and Janet Burchill, formed the Super 8 Collective, who together staged the 3rd Sydney Super 8 Film Festival at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, Sydney [3]

Following the 1983 festival, The Sydney Super 8 Film Group, with Titmarsh the sole continuing member from the previous year, was formed and continued to organise and stage festivals[which?], publish film readers[which?] and tour programs of film[which?] throughout the 1980s.[3] [specify]

During this period Titmarsh was a prolific film artist[according to whom?].[4] His work as a painter was included in Australian Perspecta 1989[5][6] and his film work[example needed] was shown in Australian Perspecta 1986.[7]

In the 1990s he co-founded the Sydney-based artist's run initiative Art Hotline[8] exhibiting weekly one day exhibitions of ephemeral works in non-gallery everyday sites[example needed]. He is the editor of an eponymously titled book[9] documenting the 3-year life of the project.

His current practice gathered under the term ‘expanded painting’,[10] involves deconstructing traditional conventions of painting based on canvas, brush, and stretcher and replacing them with other materials including contemporary devices and post-industrial services[example needed].

Exhibitions[edit]

Titmarsh's exhibition history comprises Australian and international exhibitions[citation needed]. It includes the Pompidou Centre, Paris, France[11][verification needed] and the Ionion Centre for Art and Culture, Greece.[12] He has held exhibitions at commercial galleries including Roslyn Oxley, Sydney, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia and Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne[citation needed].

A monograph about his work, titled, The Thing,[13] was written by Cameron Tonkinwise, and published by Artspace. Sydney, in 2006.

Collections[edit]

Titmarsh's works are held in museums and private and corporate collections in Australia, Europe and the United States [citation needed]. These include:

  • The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia[14][verification needed]
  • The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia[15]
  • The National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia [citation needed]

Recognition[edit]

Titmarsh was awarded the Grace Cossington Art Award in 2016[16] and The Lake Macquarie Regional Art Prize in 1989.[17]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Cameron Tonkinwise, “A Sense of Things not Being There: Writing about Mark Titmarsh’s “The Thing” in relation to the Thinking of Martin Heidegger”, The Thing, Artist Monograph, Artspace. Sydney, 2006 [citation needed]
  • Ashley Crawford, Directory of Australian Art, Craftsman House, Fishermans Bend, 2006, ISBN 0975196537
  • Andrew Frost, “Intelligent Dolphins: From Metaphysical TV to Remix Culture”, SynCity Catalgoue, dLux Media Arts, Sydney, 2006
  • Barrett Hodsdon, Straight Roads and Crossed Lines, The Quest for Film Culture in Australia, Bernt Porridge, Perth, 2001 [citation needed]
  • Adrian Martin, “Film and Video of the 1980s” in What is Appropriation? Rex Butler (ed.), IMA, Brisbane, 1996, ISBN 1875792120
  • Allan McCulloch, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1994 [citation needed]
  • Max Germaine, "Mark Titmarsh", Dictionary of Australian Galleries and Artists, Volume 2, 1991 [citation needed]
  • Michael Hutak, "Yes and No - An Interview with Mark Titmarsh", Tension, October 1989
  • Adrian Martin, “Indefinite Objects” in Albert Moran and Tom O’Regan (eds.), The Australian Screen, Penguin, Sydney, 1989 [citation needed]
  • Edward Colless, “Virtually There: Super 8”, Australian Perspecta 1985 Catalogue, Art Gallery of NSW, October 1985 [citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Search results for the term: Titmarsh, Mark | The Scheding Index of Australian Art and Artists | Art Research". artresearch.com.au.
  2. ^ "Expanded Painting". Bloomsbury Publishing.
  3. ^ a b "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 77 - d/Lux & the super history of super 8 in sydney". www.realtimearts.net. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Mark Titmarsh | Scanlines". scanlines.net. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Trove". Trove. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  6. ^ https://daaouat.library.unsw.edu.au/bio/event/australian-perspecta-1989/
  7. ^ Wales, Art Gallery of New South (5 March 1981). "Australian perspecta : a biennial survey of contemporary Australian art". Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales – via Trove.
  8. ^ "Art Hotline :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online".
  9. ^ Titmarsh, Mark (5 March 1996). "Art hotline : 1992-1995". Sydney : Art Hotline – via Trove.
  10. ^ "Expanded Painting". Art Guide Australia.
  11. ^ http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr/spip.php?article590 [dead link]
  12. ^ "SEA(S) Arts – PRIZES | SEA(S)".
  13. ^ The Thing : fluorescent string, tinted resin and video. Artspace Visual Arts Centre. 5 March 2006. ISBN 9781920781262.
  14. ^ "NGA collection search results". artsearch.nga.gov.au.
  15. ^ "Works by Mark Titmarsh :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
  16. ^ "GCS Gallery". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
  17. ^ "20 Century".

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