Artist Profile
Tony de Lautour was born in 1965 in Melbourne. He graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts (majoring in sculpture) from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in Christchurch, New Zealand.
In 1988 and in 1995, just one year after his first solo exhibition, he won the Visa Gold Art Award. His paintings from that first exhibition, Bad White Art, were deliberately naive and included imagery reminiscent of the seedy side of prison and gang life - drugs, syringes, booze, tattoos of skulls, tears and 'love-hate', and the violence of knives and guns. Other images of a kiwi and a lion represented symbolically the debate over colonisation and republicanism, and these appeared again in his Revisionist series of 2000, placed in the existing landscapes of paintings de Lautour had found in second-hand shops or garage sales. These he reworked to create narratives of quirky humour and irony, giving the old, traditional, mass-produced paintings newly-relevant life. In the early 2000's he played with well-known symbols, and appropriated logos of prominent corporations within his paintings. Clues to meaning could be found in the smallest detail. Logos (e.g. of major sports brands, food chains, etc.) were depicted as 'mountainscapes' on black backgrounds, perhaps to demonstrate the colonisation of New Zealand by big business.
De Lautour's art is quirky and full of dark humour. His paintings have been included in numerous group exhibitions in public galleries, and public galleries Te Manawa (Palmerston North), the Waikato Museum of Art & History in Hamilton, and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, have held solo exhibitions of his work. Paintings from the mid to late 2000s have included the reworking of familiar symbols and motifs that the artist has used since previously as well as the incorporation of geometric shapes.
His works are included in major private and public collections in New Zealand and Australia including Te Papa - Museum of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Collection, and the National Gallery of Australia.
Tony de Lautour continues to live and work in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Provenance
Purchased Hamish Mckay Gallery 2006
Exhibited
Exhibited 2006 Hamish McKay Gallery. The exhibition was a sell-out.
Condition and Measurements
Good original condition. For a more detailed condition report please contact Ocula Black.
Dimensions
- Excluding Frame:
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- Height:
- 91 cm
- Width:
- 91 cm
- Overall Size (including frame, if applicable):
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- Height:
- 91 cm
- Width:
- 91 cm
- Depth:
- 3 cm
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Artwork Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Artwork Dimensions (including frame, if applicable): 91 x 91 x 3 CM
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