Damien Baumgartner

  • Artist (Painter)
"Tasmanian-based Damien Baumgartner investigates the haunting quality of an empty highway as the inspiration for his work. Focusing on the overlooked and the mundane, Baumgartner’s roadsides, replete with debis, force a new reading of our urban position." http://www.braveartgallery.com.au/artists/damien-baumgartner/
Tags: Landscape, Distopia
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“Damien Baumgartner investigates the haunting quality of an empty highway and it is the inspiration for his work. Focusing on the mudane, Baumgartner’s roadsides force a new reading of our urban position. Baumgartner has been selected as a finalist for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2005) and for the Glover Landscape Prize (2004). This retrospective highlights the artists’ development in both style and subject matter.”

http://www.artcollector.net.au/DamienBaumgartnerARetrospective

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2013
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2013

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