Title: Geelong Premiers 2007
Date: 2008
Materials: acrylic on board
Size: 92 x 103 cm
Teacher Department of Arts
We are posting this picture on behalf of Glenn this month. The above work is from an exhibition currently running at the Ray Hughes Gallery in Sydney.
There are 14 artworks in the exhibition. The blurb below is from Ray Hughes' website. http://www.rayhughesgallery.com/
"Glenn Morgan is a storyteller. His work is vibrantly coloured and lively and celebrates the mundane to the significant, warts and all.
Every work depicts a narrative that he has experienced either directly or indirectly, from a trip to China with Ray and Evan Hughes to the sinking of the Siev X. From his many-detailed paintings to his theatrical crank-handled dioramas, Glenn’s work depicts and encourages social interaction, making his an ‘art to touch’.
Glenn’s work depicts an entire story at once glance, but rewards every new viewing as more is seen each time. Perspective is played with to cram as much detail into the picture field as possible, while his sculptural figures often have more than one face in order for them to be viewed simultaneously from all angles.
Two pieces, a sculpture and a painting, depict Kevin Rudd’s apology speech, dubbed ‘The Great Day Australia Said Sorry’ and continue a theme he began with works dating from the mid-Howard years. The painting is a crowd scene, with many joyous onlookers with speech bubbles portraying the overwhelming positive sentiment.
Three works depict Glenn's travels with Ray and Evan Hughes in March 2007. 'Ray Hughes Art Tours' is a 3D pop-riveted bus complete with happy travellers, while paintings 'Us in Ukraine' and 'Us in China' show bustling car-clogged metropolis. ‘Us in China’ particularly shows a city that has become increasingly familiar in recent weeks with Olympic coverage. Glenn toured Beijing with Catherine Hunter and Bruce Inglis to film a documentary on contemporary Chinese art for ABC TV.
