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George Gittoes ExhibitionPhotography by Philip Myers
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Newington College is very pleased to showcase such
an important international renowned artist for theinaugural exhibition. George Gittoes has a sister show
at The Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston,
Texas called ‘Witness to War’ it opened on Saturday
16 April 2011. Some of the works in the Newington
exhibition are closely connected with the major works
in the Houston show.
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George Gittoes works in a ariety of media:
painting, drawing, printmaking, installation,
ideo and film. He was born in Sydney, Australia
in 1949. He has been exhibited internationally,
most notably, in Documenta X (Germany)
1997. His other exhibitions include Minefields
(Genea and Moscow) 2000, Lives in the
Balance (South Africa) 2001, Across the Lines
(Sana’a, Yemen) 2002, and NO EXIT (Aeiro,
Portugal) 2003. His films hae receied critical acclaim in Berlin, New York,London, Chicago, and Copenhagen. In 1998 he was the artist in residence
at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing and in 2002 was the artist in
residence at The School of Humanities, Michigan Uniersity. In 1997 he was
awarded membership in the Order of Australia (AM) for his serice to the arts
and international relations and in 2008 was awarded the degree of Doctor of
Letters by the Uniersity of New South Wales.
Gittoes is both a fine artist and a war artist who often risks his life in the process
of making his art. He has set up mobile studios in countries mired in conflict
and upheaal, for example, Cambodia, Rwanda, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland,Philippines, Bosnia, East Timor, Palestine, Congo, South Africa, Lebanon,
Chechnya, Western Sahara, Yemen, and Iraq. He has lied and worked in these
countries during the worst of times. His diaries are the center of his creatie
thinking, and his paintings and films expand and deepen his ision of a world
torn apart by warmongers, dictators and politicians. Recently he has been
working in the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the site of his 2009
documentary film The Miscreants of Taliwood.
With an inspired simplicity, Gittoes explains his journey, his ision, and his
motiation in his own words: “Why do I do it? As far as choosing the roads I
have travelled, I have this instinct that if I get comfortable, the work will lose its
‘sting.’ So I go out of the comfort zones and into the wilderness to find my art.
In the past, it was the natural world where predators fed on gentler creatures.
In the contemporary context, I go alone to a different kind of human wildness—
Rwanda, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan—not to contemplate nature, but the basics
of humanity…”
Students at Newington College, other isual arts students and any interested
members of the public hae a real opportunity to see oer 40 original works
that hae mostly been iew in quality art books or journals. Any members of the
community who want to purchase a work in this exhibition can contact GabrielleDoulton through the George Gittoes website www.gittoes.com
George Gittoes
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Exhibited Artworks
Waronterra
Oil on Canas
244 x 213.5 cm
2002
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Night Vision: Why I’m Here(Somalia)
Oil on Canas101 x 87 cm
1993
ON LOAN, PRIvATE COLLECTION
Shatter Chatter – Boy (Bosnia)
Oil on Canas
96 x 72 cm
1996COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Eye Witness (Kibeho Rwanda)
Oil on Canas
152 x 86 cm
1997
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Rwanda Maconde(Kibeho, Rwanda)
Oil on Canas
152 x 86 cm
1997
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Money (Miami)
Pencil on Paper
58 x 73 cm
2005
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Nyima’s Drum’ (Tibet)
Pencil on Paper
62 x 44 cm1998
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Mohad Jabary – 9 Year Old Survivor Hebron Massacre(Mid East)
Pencil on Paper
44 x 62 cm
1994COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Outside the News (Bosnia)
Pencil on Paper
44 x 62 cm
1996
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
The Legless Bike (Cambodia)pencil on paper
44 x 62 cm
1993
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
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Exhibited Artworks
Blind Garden(Tribal Belt, Pakistan)
Pencil on paper, diptich
82 x 62 cm
1999
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Vagas–Babylon (Iraq–US)
Oil on Canas198 x 291.5 cm
2006
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
The Main Event (Iraq)
Pencil on Paper
76 x 57 cm
2003
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Bagdad (Iraq)
Pencil on Paper
76 x 57 cm
2003
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Kafked–Endamorphosis (Iraq)
Oil on Canas
197 x 290 cm
2003
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Wilson HIV+18y (South Africa)
Pencil on Paper
62 x 43.5 cm
2001
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Wilson (Soweto, Sth Africa)
Oil on Canas
170 x 138 cm
2001
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
NIGHT VISION – Puppets (3)
Death
Collection of the Artist
Exhausted Still Walking (Afghanistan)
Oil on Canas
198 x 292 cm
2009
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Blood and Tears(Kibeho, Rwanda)
Oil on Canas
152 x 86 cm
1997
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Blindfolded Leading the Blindfolded
Oil on Canas580 x 200 cm
2009
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
NIGHT VISION – Night, Virus Squad & Companions
Puppets
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
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Exhibited Artworks
Dance of Life
Gouache on paper
64 x 54 cm
1989
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Ascension
Oil on Canas
197 x 290.5 cm2009
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Puppets (5)
WAR
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
War
Oil on Canas106 x 91 cm
2008
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
War (study) Tripditch
Oil on Canas
44.5 x 105 cm
2008
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
What’s Left? (Pakistan)
Etching with text in pencil
85 x 61.05 cm
2000
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
The Yellow Room(Afghanistan)
Hand Coloured Etching
60 x 45 cm
2000
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Statistics
Pen & Ink Drawing 58 x 73 cm
2007
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Night Vision
Oil on Canas
91 x 76 cm
1993
ON LOAN, PRIvATE COLLECTION
Yellow Room–Spirit Doorway (Afghanistan)
Oil on Canas
150 x 80 cm
1999
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Shatter Chatter (Bosnia)Pencil on Paper–Drawing with
text
44 x 62 cm
1996
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
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Exhibited Artworks
Shatter Chatter (Bosnia)–study
Oil on Canas
40 x 40.25 cm
1996
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Shatter Chatter (Bosnia)
Oil on Canas259 x 168 cm
1996
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Tranformation–Chinese Woman with Hat
Oil on Linen
80 x 50 cm
1998COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Afghan Family (Refugees, Australia)
Oil on Canas
60.5 x 75.5 cm
2001
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Eden in Iraq
Oil on Canas
104 x 95.5 cm
2006
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Blown Away (Afghanistan)
Oil on Canas
75.5 x 75.5 cm
1999
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
What’s Left? (Pakistan)
Pencil on Paper – with text
44 x 62 cm1999
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
What’s Left’ Pakistan
Oil on Canas
75.5 x 60 cm
2000
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
The Legless Bike (Cambodia)
Oil on Canas
168 x 396 cm
1993
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Blown Away 1(Tribal Belt Pakistan)
Oil on Canas
76 x 76 cm
1999
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Death & The Boy (Cambodia)
Pencil on Paper
1993
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
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