VCA ART 2020

Joanne Reidy

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

The Elusive Past: Places and Paintings
This year, I put the finishing touches on a short memoir about my experiences as a child and young adult. At the same time, I was working on a series of paintings that focused on significant moments in my life. While the memoir is written in a conventional way with event following event, like beads on a string, I tried to do something quite different with the paintings. For these, I reflected on some memorable places and paintings, but I did this in such a way that the two were intermingled: the portrayal of significant places also paid homage to some of the artworks that had gripped me most when I first saw them. In this series of paintings, I look back on places that have shaped me and some of the artworks that made an indelible impression on my youthful consciousness.

Joanne Reidy, *Bent Tree, Windy Day*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Bent Tree, Windy Day, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Best Birthday Party*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Best Birthday Party, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Night Train From Stockholm*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Night Train From Stockholm, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Spotted Gum Forest 1*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Spotted Gum Forest 1, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Spotted Gum Forest 2*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Spotted Gum Forest 2, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Spotted Gum Forest 3*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Spotted Gum Forest 3, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Remembering de Stael in Summer*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Remembering de Stael in Summer, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, *Remembering de Stael in Winter*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, Remembering de Stael in Winter, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Henry Trumble.
Joanne Reidy, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Joanne Reidy, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Joanne Reidy, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Joanne Reidy, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

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