We are proud to announce our participation in Art Platform - Los Angeles. We will be presenting a solo exhibition of new work by Neil Haddon.
Haddon's work is held in prestigious collections such as the National Gallery of Victoria, ArtBank, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the Gold Coast Arts Centre. He has been the recipient of many prizes and awards including the $30,000 2008 John Glover Prize for landscape painting and The Whyalla Art Prize 2009. Haddon has also been a finalist of the 2011 and 2012 Wynne Prize - Art Gallery of New South Wales. Most recently his work was included in Theatre of the World, curated by Jean-Hupert Martin at MONA, Tasmania.
Haddon's experience of living in Tasmania informs his artwork and he attempts to find his own sense of belonging by redistributing images from the local media stories to the language of painting. Characters become disconnected from their original context as Haddon applies, then removes successive layers of high-gloss enamel paint. A collection of six new paintings will be exhibited at Art Platform - Los Angeles, September 28–30.
With participating galleries from New York, Paris, London, Melbourne, Tokyo and Berlin, Art Platform – Los Angeles will continue engage collectors and art enthusiasts in a vibrant exchange of art and culture.
Coinciding with it's move to the Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport, Art Platform – Los Angeles has engaged the expertise of renowned LA-based architects Frederick Fisher and Partners who have led the renovations of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Bergamot Station & Galleries, Broad Art Foundation, et al., to design a well-considered floor plan that interacts seamlessly with the art exhibited in this historic space.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. This project was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts.
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