Stieg Persson
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Stieg Persson is an Australia
n contemporary art
ist. Persson was born in Melbourne
, Australia. His undergraduate studies were at the Victorian College of the Arts
from 1979 to 1981. He completed a Masters degree from the same institution in 1998. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Australia and internationally since the early 1980s and is represented in all of the country's leading art museums.
Considered among the first of the country's postmodern painters, Persson’s early work is characterised by his eclectic source material, monochromatic palettes, the use of arabesque
s and a free interplay between abstraction
and figuration. His more recent paintings have tended towards abstraction.
In 2003 he won the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize from the Bendigo Art Gallery
(then Australia's richest open painting prize), worth $50,000.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
ist. Persson was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia. His undergraduate studies were at the Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
from 1979 to 1981. He completed a Masters degree from the same institution in 1998. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Australia and internationally since the early 1980s and is represented in all of the country's leading art museums.
Considered among the first of the country's postmodern painters, Persson’s early work is characterised by his eclectic source material, monochromatic palettes, the use of arabesque
Arabesque
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements...
s and a free interplay between abstraction
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
and figuration. His more recent paintings have tended towards abstraction.
In 2003 he won the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize from the Bendigo Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery in Bendigo, founded in 1887, is one of Australia’s oldest and largest regional art galleries. The Bendigo Art Gallery hosts Australia's richest open painting prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, worth $50,000, which was launched in 2003.- Prizes :* Arthur Guy Memorial...
(then Australia's richest open painting prize), worth $50,000.
External links
- Stieg Persson The Artist's Website