David Boyd (Australian, 1924 – 2011)
Trials and Tribulations: Faith, Justice and the London Underground
Closing Night Event – Friday 27 March 5-7pm
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David Boyd (Australia, 1924-2011) is one of Australia’s most recognisable artists, having established a lifelong career exhibiting across Australia and internationally. The artist was a member of Australia’s highly distinguished artistic family, the Boyd dynasty. He was also one of the original signatories of the ‘Antipodean Manifesto’ in 1959, alongside his brother, Arthur Boyd, art historian Bernard Smith and artists John Brack, Robert Dickerson, Charles Blackman, Clifton Pugh and John Perceval, which launched a defence against abstract expressionism gaining a foothold in this country. Boyd’s work is represented by all major collecting institutions in Australia, public and private.
This collection of rare original paintings, sculptures and etchings marks the first solo exhibition, with an accompanying monograph, of the artist to be held since ‘David Boyd: His Work, His Life, His Family,’ held at the S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney in 2012. Many of the artworks on display have not been on public view since they were originally exhibited more than fifty years ago.
‘Trials and Tribulations’ is a fitting title for this show as it encapsulates the periods and series of work throughout David Boyd’s career, highlighting his exploration of the human condition and challenging the injustices of the world. Boyd’s life as a multidisciplinary artist comes to life with artworks featured from seminal series ‘The Tasmanians’; ‘The Trial’; ‘Church and State’; ‘London Sfumatos’; ‘The Garden in the Wilderness’; and ‘The Private View.
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SELECTED SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS
2001 Reconciliation, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
1995 The Legend of Europa and the Cockatoos, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
1992 Survey Retrospective Exhibition, Wagner Gallery, Sydney; Caulfield Art Complex, Melbourne; Macquarie University, Sydney; Beaver Galleries, Sydney, Canberra
1988 Antipodean Second Chapter, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
1987 Requiem for the Birth of a Nation, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1983 Retrospective Exhibiton 1957-82, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1973 The Exiles, New Grafton Gallery, London; South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1972 Garden in the Wilderness, Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1970 The Wanderer, Lidums Art Gallery, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide; South Yarra Galleries, Melbourne
1968-67 Sfumato Series, Bonython Gallery, Adelaide; Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney; Zwemmer Gallery, London; South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1966 Australian Artists, South London Art Gallery, London
1966 The Mertz Collection, The Art Gallery of South Australia
1966-65 Church and State series, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane; South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne; Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney; Zwemmer Gallery, London
1964-63 Trial series, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane; Bonython Gallery, Adelaide; South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne; Dominion Gallery, Sydney; Gallery One, London; King Street Gallery, Cambridge; Galerie Tivey-Faucon, Paris
1961 Tasmanian and Trial series, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
1960 Explorer and Tasmanian series, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide
1959-58 Explorer series, City Art Gallery, Newcastle; Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1958 Retrospect of Five Years, Victorian Sculptors Society, Victorian Artists Society Galleries, Melbourne
1957 Pattern and Shape, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1956 Exhibition with Arthur & Hermia Boyd, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Adelaide Art Teachers College, Adelaide
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adeliade
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Bundanon Trust, Nowra
Department of External Affairs, Canberra
Graylands College, Perth
Harold Mertz Collection of Australia Paintings, USA
Macquarie University, Sydney
Monash University, Melbourne
Museum of Applied Arts and Science, Sydney
Museum of Modern Art of Australia, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Power Collection, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston
Staffordshire Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Sydney University, Sydney
University of New South Wales, Sydney
University of Adelaide, South Australia
University of Western Australia, Perth