Hommage to Jeffery Smart

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Hommage to Jeffery Smart

Postby Matt. K on Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:38 pm

I believe Jeffery Smart is in town so I knocked up this as a salute to the great artist. It is in his style and it's a montage. Hope you like it.
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:36 am

Having done some research last week I actually know who Geoffrey Smart is and get the reference. This is interesting. How many layers - just the girl and the background or are there more bits?
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:30 pm

Hmmmm, very interesting. Must do some research....
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:34 pm

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Only 2 layers. I am not a chicken farmer! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Also...your research is faulty....his name is Jeffery :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:42 pm

Matt. K wrote:Peter
Only 2 layers. I am not a chicken farmer! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Also...your research is faulty....his name is Jeffery :lol: :lol: :lol:

You crack me up.

My research was good, my spelling bad. Is this him (different spelling of Jeffrey to both of us!)

Jeffrey Smart (b.1921) Smart studied at the SASA from 1937-1941 under Ivor Hele. Originally Smart aspired to be an architect but soon moved into painting. Smart studied in Paris in 1949 with Fernand Leger and in 1941 he attended the studio lessons of the Modernist artist Dorrit Black who introduced him to the geometric method for establishing the Golden Mean, which today forms the basis of all of Smart's work. He has been exhibiting regularly since 1957 and in 1999-2000 he was honoured by a major retrospective organised by the AGNSW. Since 1965 Smart has been living in Italy. His work is represented in the NGA, all state galleries, many regional galleries and numerous private and corporate collections, both nationally and internationally including Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the de Beers collection.


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Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:29 pm

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Yes. That's him...though they have shown you only a few of his images. See if you can find a site that shows more of his remarkable work. You will fall in love with it.
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Postby Manta on Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:33 pm

Sorry Matt - I think it's.....

egg-cellent.

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Postby stubbsy on Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:16 pm

Here we go, much better collection of his works
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Postby Manta on Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:23 pm

Wow! I'm impressed. Smart has a really interesting take on his surroundings.
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Postby Greg B on Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:29 pm

I am more familiar with the work of his uncle, Maxwell. He favoured a great deal of control in his work, with a view to reducing the effects of kaos in our lives. From '86 to '99, he maintained silence, while keeping early telecommunications under foot.

Sorry about that, Matt.
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Postby Manta on Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:32 pm

Greg B wrote:I am more familiar with the work of his uncle, Maxwell. He favoured a great deal of control in his work, with a view to reducing the effects of kaos in our lives. From '86 to '99, he maintained silence, while keeping early telecommunications under foot.

Sorry about that, Matt.


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Postby Jamie on Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:33 pm

 LOL How long did it take you to think that up Greg?


Matt - I like your picture much more than the ones posted on that site from the second link.
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:09 pm

Greg B
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:12 pm

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Postby kinetic on Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:13 pm

For interest, this self-portrait of Jeffrey Smart is part of the University of Queensland art collection that is located in the James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre.

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:44 pm

Thank you kinetic
A damned fine portrait. I love his art.

And for Greg. B...your timing is uncanny. May he R.I.P

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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:01 pm

His work is very similar to Dennis Hopper - both are superb artists IMO :D
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