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ARTIST VICTOR GORDON IN
SIGNIFICANT ART EXHIBITION IN SOUTH AFRICA
HOME AND AWAY: A Return To The South
Curated by Carol Brown for Ifa Lethu Foundation Constitution Hill, Johannesburg South Africa, June - July 2010.
The group exhibition will include five large scale major works selected from Gordon’s installation “ Behold the Land where Satan reigns”. (read more....Media release)
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image left: Azikwele Fare Raize (We will not ride)
1983. Oil on canvas 930 x 610 mm

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Victor Gordon - Social Works image gallery

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Commentaries, asides and responses to various national and global issues.

Current post -Berlin wall political imbalances, American imperialism and global lack of "official" compassion.

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Large project devoted to the nature of power in apartheid South Africa (1983 -1990)

Subsequent political commentaries on a variety of topics are essentially aphoristic

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Works encompass stereotyping of the human form, mythical referents and current parallels, incest (PRETEXT), politics of desire, voyeurism and ageing.

Victor Gordon - Verisimilitude Works image gallery

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Gordon's unique focus on landscape invites audiences to review their own relationship to the deepening worldwide crisis in natural resources. His central message is the urgent need for environmental and resource conservation.

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Sydney's nightlife playfully figured reflects the darker side of human interaction.

View >> Zoomorphic

Inventively investigates aspects of natural camouflage. A nostalgic reference to Gordon's African heritage.

The camouflaged leopard operates as a metaphor of hidden [mal]intent in humans and other humanly subterfuges.

Victor Gordon Dimensional Works image gallery

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Mostly capricious and comestible smaller works. Welded metal, wood and found or readymade objects. Underpinning aesthetic appeal often contradicted by repellent sharp projections and protuberances

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Form: Ranging experimentation with techniques, materials and media.

Content: Classical genres and historical referencing.

Victor Gordon - Drawing Works image gallery

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A Collection of drawings now online for viewing

Victor Gordon b.1953 Visual artist.

South African born artist has exhibited, practised and taught art in Australia since 1987. Constructs paintings, sculpture, assemblage, collage, drawing, photography and installation. His wide ranging concerns and techniques offer uncompromising, refreshingly unique and often quirky and challenging artistic statements.

When not [subversively] exploiting the endless possibilities and per-mutations of Realism, Gordon’s work embodies a matured awareness of the diametric opposition between nineteenth century painterly realism and twentieth century modernist devices. Recognisable symbols and quotations are manipulated to offer fresh multi-layered interpretations and readings. Humour is often deployed to make hard-to-digest ideas in his work palatable.

Gordon’s art acknowledges the past whilst simultaneously addressing the contemporary.

Holds a Master's degree from Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney.