Artwork
East/West Bookcases 2010
Modified wooden bookshelves
Wood and plastic
The book shelves have been modified by the artist to force cultural specificity. The smaller shelf, with a slight gesture, is transformed into the Chines character ‘white’. The taller shelf is modelled on the English word ‘black’. Moore neglects the book and instead uses directly modelled text within each shelf.
State Library of Queesland location: Level 1
Shanghai Library: Level 2
National Library of China:Level 3
About the artist
Archie Moore works in a variety of media to explore the constructs of language and history, particularly as they relate to Aboriginal experience in Australia. He was awarded The Millennial Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts in 2001, and subsequently studied at the Academy Of Fine Arts Prague, Czech Republic. In addition to exhibiting extensively in Australia and internationally, he has had a number of public art commissions, most recently on the new Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane. Lives and works in Australia.
Artist’s C.V.
Education
2001-2002 – Akademie Výtvarných Uměnív Praze
(Academy Of Fine Arts Prague, Czech Republic)
Non-Degree Study
1995-1998 Queensland University Of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts
1990-1991 Gateway TAFE Eagle Farm, QLD Certificate in Art and Design
Awards
2008 – 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award– (shortlisted)
2007 – 24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award– (shortlisted)
2006 – 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award– (shortlisted)
2005 – 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award – (shortlisted)
2004 – People’s Choice Award – Prospect Portrait Prize, Prospect Gallery, Prospect, South Australia
2001 – The Millennial Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships
1998 – Eddie Hopkins Memorial Drawing Competition: Judges Commendation
Solo exhibitions
2010
Bennelong Way To The Top, The Cosmic Battle For Your Heart Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009
Club, Space4, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia
2006
Depth of Field, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2005
New Flames Residency Exhibition, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2003
Nympholepsy – A survey of ‘Love’ works, Palace Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia
2002
Words I Learnt From The English Class, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
1997
Dysphoria, The Development Space, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2011
Recycled Library: Altered books, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Noosa Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
2010
Light from Light, State Library of Queensland, Australia and Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
Last Words, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art – Sydney, Australia
Recycled Library: Altered books, Grafton Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Country Arts SA (3 venues)
2009
Queensland Art, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane
Sculpture + Works on Paper, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
Reality Check – Watching Sylvania Waters, Hazlehurst Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Making it New: Focus on Australian Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Breaking Boundaries: Contemporary Indigenous Australian art from the Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Recycled Library: Altered books, Artspace Mackay, Macka
23 Degrees, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
Colliding Islands, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2008
25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
les autres / the others, Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Pap Spears, 19 Karen, Gold Coast, Australia
One-Metre Eye Height, USQ Arts Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Greatest Hits/Previously Unreleased Tracks, University of Sydney Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Biennale of Sydney Online Venue
L’Aboriginal Festival Avignon, Avignon, France
The Revenge of Genres – Contemporary Australian Art, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2007
Funeral Songs, MOP, Sydney, Australia
Greatest Hits/Previously Unreleased Tracks, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
The Revenge of Genres – Contemporary Australian Art, Les Brasseurs, Liège, BELGIUM
Where Whispers Walk (working title) (with Dennis Kratz), State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Topsy , Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
2006
Turrbal-Jagera, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
The Other APT, RawSpace Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award
Two Way: artists and mentors, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2005
Top Ten, Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane, Australia
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award
Con:text, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
Crossings: A Gathering of Artists, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco Bayenalle, San Francisco, USA
Still Moving, Colourised Festival, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Dark and Light, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
CALD, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2004
Predominantly White, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2003
Prospect Portrait Prize Exhibition, Prospect Gallery, Prospect, South Australia
One Square Mile, Museum Of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia
Where Is It?, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
People, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Prime (“Chalk It Out”), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia
Invitational 1+1, Studio 11, Brisbane, Australia
Being Black, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2002
Urban Blackness, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
Six Shades Of Black, Fire-works Gallery, Newstead, Australia
2001
Real World Art: Art By QUT Alumni, QUT Art Museum, Gardens Point, Brisbane, Australia
1999
Eclectica, Avant Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Stage X (“Vent”) , King George Square, Brisbane, Australia
1998
Hatched: Healthway National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Eddie Hopkins Memorial Drawing Competition Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Morningside, Brisbane, Australia
1997
40º, H-Block Gallery, Kelvin Grove, Australia
Oui Avant Garde Á Clue (with Geoffrey Vagg), Palace Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia
1996
End Of Year Clearance, IMA, Brisbane, Australia
All Stock Must Go, Campfire Group, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
1995
Show, H Block Gallery, QUT, Brisbane, Australia
Boo-Meringue, Fireworks Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia
1994
Open House, Palace Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia
Archie Moore (澳大利亚)
东方／西方书架 East/West Bookcases 2010
改造过的书架
木材
这些书架通过艺术家的改造来突出它们的文化特征。其中低矮的书架，经过稍微的加工，演变成了中文的“白”。另外高立的书架是以英文“黑”这一单词的形体为设计原型。Moore将文字块陈列在每个书架的空间。