Archie Moore

Archie Moore 1970 — 2018

8 March – 21 April 2018

In the largest solo exhibition of his career to date, leading contemporary Australian artist Archie Moore presents a new commission at Griffith University Art Museum.

Curated by Griffith University Art Museum Director Angela Goddard, Archie Moore: 1970–2018 takes the form of a multi-room installation based on a combination of recreated spaces and memories that reference Moore’s childhood, schooling and early life in rural Queensland.

The exhibition builds on concepts of history and architectural spaces explored in Moore’s previous installations ‘Whipsaw’ (2017) at TARNANTHI, Adelaide, ‘A Home Away From Home (Bennelong/Vera’s Hut)’ (2016) commissioned for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, ‘Relocating Land, Memory and Place’ (2015), at System Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and ‘Dwelling’ (2010) at Accidentally Annie Street, Brisbane.

Visitors are invited to enter the multilayered installation of seven rooms, created using reclaimed building materials and found items – some inspired by specific events in Moore’s early life, and others that evoke broader emotional states.

“Memory has been in all of my work somewhere,” Moore says of his almost three-decade-long practice. “I’m still intrigued by who I am, what I think I am, and the reasons why.”

Using an array of sensory effects, the artist will explore philosophical questions about personal and transgenerational memory.

“The spaces in this exhibition activate the emotive and disorienting potential of objects, architecture and other markers of place and identity,” Goddard says. “Through this work, Moore tenders the inevitable openness of memory, and sensitively contributes to conversations around empathy and perception in Australia.”

Archie Moore: 1970-2018 is accompanied by the first monograph of Moore’s career, published by the Griffith University Art Museum.

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

Archie Moore is represented by The Commercial, Sydney.

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