JOHN BATTEN GALLERY / JUNE 2005 / 'Wunderlust'

TERRY BATT
'Wunderlust'

Exhibition duration: 16 June to 10 July 2005

Melbourne artist Terry Batt presents a new series of oil on canvas paintings in his Wunderlust exhibition inspired by pop art and a retro-view of the USA, similar to watching repeats of old US television serials from the 1940s and 1950s while sitting in our 2005 living rooms!

A strange feeling of otherworldliness can be seen in his paintings with their almost photo-realist presentation and use of muted late afternoon colours. The atmosphere of the exhibition is reinforced by the title of the exhibition: Wunderlust - that light-headed state of mind, restlessness and wanton excitement associated with travel.

Terry Batt’s paintings are also a very personal, almost nostalgic exploration of his own childhood and memory and offer the viewer a gentle reflection in which they themselves may see their own past.

Terry Batt has had numerous exhibitions both in his native Australia and around the world. Terry Batt is a Professor of Fine Art with RMIT University in Melbourne and a frequent visitor to Hong Kong, where he is responsible for postgraduate students undertaking RMIT University’s MFA and DFA programmes in Hong Kong. This is his second exhibition at John Batten Gallery.