Tony Lloyd (born 1970[1]) is an Australian contemporary artist. Tony was born in Melbourne Victoria.[1] Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema[2] in particular Film Noir and Science Fiction,[3] and the Romantic Sublime (philosophy).[4] His largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style. Lloyd currently resides in Melbourne,[5] Victoria.
Tony Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anthony Lloyd |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Painting |
Tony Lloyd's work was exhibited in "Depth of Field" 2003 at Shepparton Art Gallery Monash UniversityMuseum of Art,[1] "Oneindige landschappen" at Slot Zeist The Netherlands in 2004 [6] "Heat: Art and Climate Change" at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne 2008.[7] In 2009 Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale staged 'Lost Highways' a survey of the artist's work from 1998-2008.[8] His work is in the public collections of the State Library of Victoria and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.
Lloyd's paintings depict a wide range of subject matter from mountain landscapes[9] to Film Noir vistas of highways at night.[10] History and Science Fiction are also recurring themes.[3] In the December 2009 edition of Australian Art Collector magazine, the art critic Ashley Crawford wrote, "Lloyd’s work clearly encapsulates a strange crossover between popular and high culture – there are times when his work finds the meeting point between Von Guerard and Von Daniken."[11] Curator Simon Gregg states that, 'Often the works will speak of the future without implicitly describing anything that is futuristic. While at the same time the suggest a distant past, tinged with the faint melancholic wisp of nostalgia. Which heralds one of Lloyd's great contradictions and enduring points of interest: his works are insistently of the here and now- placing us squarely in the present moment of experience- but speak of time immemorial; of all time'.[12]
References
- ^ a b c Tegart, L: Depth of Field page 26 Exhibition catalogue Shepparton Art Gallery 2003.ISBN 0 9577065 7 X
- ^ Leach, S: Mountains of Madness, page 207. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
- ^ a b Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 204. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
- ^ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 3. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN 9780980630640
- ^ Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change page 58 Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008.ISBN 97809803679 4 2
- ^ Holtrop, F Het Filmische Landschap, Oneindige Landschappen Exhibition Catalogue 2004
- ^ Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008.ISBN 97809803679 4 2
- ^ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN 9780980630640
- ^ Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change page 12 Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008.ISBN 97809803679 4 2
- ^ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 4. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN 9780980630640
- ^ Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 206. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
- ^ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 21. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN 9780980630640