Artwork
Turtle Twilight II 2006-2011
3 channel video installation
LCD monitors, media file
Turtle Twilight presents two screens of moving text in English and Chinese created from diary entries found on the internet created by an anonymous person writing about their holiday experiences in an unknown tropical location. The third screen is a hypnotic beach sunset, a cliché paradise. The text wavers between the authenticity of the written word and the uncertainty of fact and fiction.
About the artist
Born in 1980, lives and works in Brisbane, Australia. Graduated in 2002 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours, First Class) and in 2007 awarded PhD, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Grant Stevens applies the history of film and video language to explore popular culture and entertainment. He has exhibited at The Art Gallery of New South Wales; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; The Queensland Art Gallery along with galleries in Germany, Singapore, Rome and Shenzen. His work was included in over 30 exhibitions in Australia and internationally since 2005.
Artist’s CV
Awards & Residencies
2010 – The International Art Residency, OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2009 – The John Coburn Emerging Artist Award, 58th Blake Prize, National Art School, Sydney
2009 – Fraser Residency, Queen Street Studio, Chippendale, Sydney
2008 – New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2008 – Spirit of Youth Award (SOYA), Qantas
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Burst, PICA, Perth
Horizons, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
2009
Wobbly, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Fazed, Starkwhite, Auckland
2008
No Bad Days, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Really Really, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2007
Education, Education, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Cliché and Collusion: Video Works by Grant Stevens, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Going Steady, Starkwhite, Auckland
The Switch, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
2006
New Ideas for Cake, The Block, Brisbane
Cut to the Cheese: Selected Works, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
The Switch, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
2005
I Like Ike, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
When There’s Love, Metro Arts, Brisbane (catalogue)
Like Two Ships, Kings ARI, Melbourne
2004
Some Want It All, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Dazed and Praised, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2010
Big Tree Foot, J & Z Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Songzhuan Art Festival, Sunshine International Art Museum, Songzhuang Town, Beijing
Kaldor Public Arts Projects Move: The Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2009
Speaking in Tongues, Nature Morte Berlin, Germany
QUEENSLAND ART 2009, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane
Play, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, USA (curated by Avantika Bawa)
The more you ignore me, the closer I get, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane (curated by Alison Kubler)
Word, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney
Some Text Missing, CAST, Hobart (curated by Sarah Jones)
New Acquisitions 2009, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2008
Ornament is a Crime, Gallery 1927, Los Angeles
Night Shift, Starkwhite, Auckland
The Dating Show, IMA @ TCB, Brisbane
2007
The Leisure Class, the Australian Cinematheque, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2006
Anne Landa Award, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005
Prime05: New Art From Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Grant Stevens 澳大利亚
作品名称：落日海龟
3频道录像装置
等离子显示器，媒体文件
作品描述：
“落日海龟”通过2个屏幕呈现出中英文的移动文字，这些文字取材于英特网上的一些无名人士所描述的在某些热带地方的度假经历。第三个屏幕表现了一个催人欲眠的海滩落日情景，一个庸俗的天堂。这些文字穿插于写作的真实性及现实与故事的含糊性之中。
艺术家简历：
生于1980年，生活和工作在澳大利亚，布里斯班。于2002年在昆士兰省理工学院获得艺术学士学位，在2007年取得博士学位。Grant Stevens 借鉴电影史及使用录像语言来探索大众娱乐文化。他在悉尼的新南威尔士省艺术馆，当代艺术馆，昆士兰省立美术馆，及在德国，新加坡，意大利和中国深圳均参与过展出。自从2005年，他的作品在澳大利亚及国际上做过30次展出。