{"id":218,"date":"2015-05-30T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T13:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/good-culture\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2017-07-11T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:10:47","slug":"archie-moore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/good-culture\/participants\/archie-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Archie Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aqQITSpN1bo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Archie Moore\u2019s (b. 1970) conceptual practice includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, installation, photographs, video and, more recently, aromas embedded in Aboriginal politics as well as the broader concerns of racism, language, identity and interpersonal relationships. Language in particular plays a constant role, as do the concepts of dwelling and dwellings. Being in one&#8217;s skin and the question of whether or not it is possible to experience someone else&#8217;s experiences is an ongoing theme.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, Moore has produced two major bodies of work around the concept of flags (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/96\/flag\"><em>Flag<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/661\/14-queensland-nations-nations-imagined-by-rh-mathews\"><em>14 Queensland Nations (Nations imagined by RH Mathews)<\/em><\/a><em>),\u00a0<\/em>a series of portraits in perfume based on memories (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/545\/archie-moore-les-eaux-damoore\"><em>Les\u00a0Eaux\u00a0d\u2019Amoore<\/em><\/a>) and compelling sculptural works that employ altered readymades or assemblages (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/298\/30th-telstra-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-art-award-exhibition-shortlisted-for-the-new-media-award\"><em>Snowdome<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/394\/black-dog\"><em>Black Dog<\/em><\/a><em>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moore completed his Bachelor of Visual Arts at Queensland University of Technology in 1998. In 2001, he was awarded the Millennial Anne &amp; Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship which enabled him to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>Solo exhibitions include<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/661\/14-queensland-nations-nations-imagined-by-rh-mathews\"><em>14 Queensland Nations (Nations imagined by RH Matthews)<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Adelaide and Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra;<em>\u00a0False Friends<\/em>, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/545\/archie-moore-les-eaux-damoore\"><em>\u00a0Les Eaux d&#8217;Amoore<\/em><\/a>, The Commercial Gallery, Sydney;<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/96\/flag\"><em>Flag<\/em><\/a>, The Commercial Gallery, Sydney;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/9\/clover\"><em>Clover<\/em><\/a>, Boxcopy, Brisbane;\u00a0<em>Mussel<\/em>, Higure Gallery, Tokyo;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/2\/on-a-mission-from-god\"><em>10 Missions from God<\/em><\/a>, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane (all 2012);\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/43\/archie-moore-dwelling\"><em>Dwelling<\/em><\/a>, Accidentally Annie Street, Brisbane (2010);\u00a0<em>Depth of Field<\/em>, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane (2006);\u00a0<em>The Archie Comic Book Series<\/em>, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane (2005);\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/44\/words-i-learnt-from-the-english-class\"><em>Words I Learnt From The English Class<\/em><\/a>, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane (2002).<\/p>\n<p>Group exhibitions include\u00a0<em>The Subtropic Complex<\/em>, curated by Tess Maunder, Art on James Street for Resort in collaboration with the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane<em>;\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/633\/14-nations-in-courting-blakness-recalibrating-knowledge-in-the-sandstone-university\"><em>Courting Blakness: Recalibrating knowledge in the Sandstone University<\/em><\/a>, curated by Fiona Foley, The University of Queensland, Brisbane;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/629\/south-contemporary-art-from-australia-mexico-and-south-africa\"><em>SOUTH: Contemporary Art from Australia, Mexico and South Africa<\/em><\/a>, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney;\u00a0<em>My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia<\/em>, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and Auckland Art Gallery (2013 &amp; 2014);\u00a0<em>M\u00e9moires Vives: Une Histoire de l\u2019Art Aborig\u00e8ne<\/em>, Le mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Aquitaine, Bordeaux (2013-2014);\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/65\/experimenta-speak-to-me-5th-international-biennale-of-media-art\"><em>Experimenta \u2013 Speak to Me, 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0International Biennale of Media Art\u00a0<\/em><\/a>at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne and the University of Queensland (2013 &amp; 2014);\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/70\/transmission\"><em>Transmission<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>curated by Carrie Miller and Dr Matthew Hindson, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney,\u00a0<em>Contemporary Australian Drawing 2: Drawing as notation, text and discovery<\/em>\u00a0at the University of the Arts, London and\u00a0<em>Lie of the Land: New Australian Landscape<\/em>\u00a0at the Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. (all 2012);\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/25\/reality-check-watching-sylvania-waters\"><em>Reality Check \u2013 Watching Sylvania Waters<\/em><\/a>, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery &amp; Arts Centre, Sydney and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/24\/making-it-new-focus-on-contemporary-australian-art\"><em>Making it New: Focus on Australian Contemporary Art<\/em><\/a>\u00a0curated by Glenn Barkley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (both 2009).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GMwGohfKY20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Moore began a musical collaboration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/ggen\/122296434532908\">\u2211gg\u221ae|n<\/a>, with fellow artist, David M. Thomas, which continues to be active in an expanded form today to include two other visual artists: Geoffrey Vagg and Paul Wrigley.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Moore was the winner of the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. He has six times been shortlisted for the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/298\/30th-telstra-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-art-award-exhibition-shortlisted-for-the-new-media-award\">2013<\/a>). In 2013, he was commissioned by Newcastle Region Art Gallery to create the sculpture,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/286\/general-sanders-vs-colonel-saunders\"><em>General Sanders vs Colonel Saunders<\/em><\/a>; Also in 2013 he was invited to participate in the University of Queensland&#8217;s National Artists&#8217; Self-Portrait Prize. His work for this exhibition,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommercialgallery.com\/artist\/archie-moore\/exhibition\/394\/black-dog\"><em>Black Dog<\/em><\/a>, was recently acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Moore is one of fourteen artists shortlisted for the prestigious 2015 Western Australian Indigenous Art Award at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Archie Moore\u2019s work is in the collections of the Gilbert and Tobin Collection, Sydney, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS, Sydney, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Newcastle Region Art Gallery,\u00a0the Owen and Wagner collection, North Carolina, the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, the Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane and the University of Technology, Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Moore&#8217;s third solo exhibition at The Commercial is scheduled for September 11 2015 to coincide with Sydney Contemporary art fair.<\/p>\n<p>Go here for an extensive CV:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archiemoore.wordpress.com\/cv\/\">https:\/\/archiemoore.wordpress.com\/cv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xIIvhMI6GA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archie Moore\u2019s (b. 1970) conceptual practice includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, installation, photographs, video and, more recently, aromas embedded in Aboriginal politics as well as the broader concerns of racism, language, identity and interpersonal relationships. 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