John Barbour b. 18 August 1954

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
John Barbour was an Australian Experimental Art Foundation council member from 1996-98, its council chairman from 1997-98. He was a long-time lecturer at the South Australian School of Art. First exhibiting in the 1980s, John Barbour's contemporary art has since shown in Stockholm, London, Tokyo, Sao Paulo and Auckland. His work is represented in the Art Gallery of South Australia
exhibited at
Human need
Date
2003
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

he works in the exhibition Human Need take as their point of reference the idea of the 'un-made’ – of an 'un-making’.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.eaf.asn.au/ex03.html (29/03/04)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Installation
exhibited at
Accrued losses
Date
1999
Place
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

First survey exhibition, included new work from the artist’s residency at the VACF London studio. Featuring an extensive series of 'floor paintings’, photographic lightboxes, and architectonic models.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.cacsa.org.au/archives/index_frames.html (15/11/04); Exhibition catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
John Barbour: accrued losses. Parkside, South Australia: Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, 1999
ISBN 1875751475

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Installation
exhibited at
Stills from the liquid plain
Date
1995
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

The painted sheets of hardboard propped by means of sticks across the gallery floor were stripped of their function and readings, and shift into another inert state, another mode of being.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
EAF annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Mixed media, Installation
exhibited at
Dis/appearance: heZ(n)
Date
1990
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Senior lecturer University of South Australia

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
EAF annual report 1990

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media, Drawing