JOHN TESCHENDORFF

NEW WORKS 1992 - 1999

Exhibition Galerie Düsseldorf 14 March - 4 April 1999

  • At times, the simpler the image, the vaster the dream.
  • ..the corner is a haven that ensures us of one of the things we prize most highly - immobility. It is the sure place, the place next to my mobility ... Consciousness of being at peace in one's corner produces a sense of immobility, and this in turn radiates immobility ... we have to designate the space of our immobility by making it the space of our being.
  • Gaston Bachelard
  • From The Poetics of Space 1958 (translated by Maria Jolas)

Biographical Information on Artist

View Images from the Opening Sunday 14 March 1999

Link forward to 2002 Exhibition

THE HISTORY OF IDEAS 1992 - 1999

 

1

I Truth April 1992
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Saunders Paper
74.5 x 54 cm
$ 600 (Sold)

 

2

II Beauty April 1992
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Saunders Paper
74.5 x 54 cm
$ 600

(Acquired Curtin University of technology)

 

3

III Love April 1992
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Saunders Paper
74.5 x 54 cm
$ 600 (Sold)

 

4

IV Democracy April 1992-May 1993
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
73.5 x 51.5 cm
$ 600
(Acquired Curtin University of Technology)

 

5

V Freedom (for NM) May 1995
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Saunders Paper
74.5 x 53.5 cm
$ 600
(Acquired Curtin University of Technology)

 

6

VI Art May 1995
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Saunders Paper
73.5 x 53.5 cm
$ 600 (Sold)

 

7

VII Floor Nov 1996-Feb 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 1,000 (Private Collection)

 

8

VIII Wall Nov 1996-Feb 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 1,000 (Sold)

 

9

IX Roof February 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 1,000 (Private Collection)

 

 

10

X Wittgenstein August 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 900 (Sold)

 

11

XI Foucault August 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 900 (Sold)

 

12

XII Khaldun September 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 900 (Sold)

 

13

XIII Nietzsche September 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 900 (Sold)

 

14

XIV Kongfusi September 1997
Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Wax on Arches Paper
75 x 75 cm
$ 900 (Sold)

 

15

XVII Cup 1997
Wood, Plaster, Linen, Acrylic & Enamel paint, Wax
101 x 116 x 9 cm
$ 1,500

 

16

XIX Loom (for AS) 1997
Wood, Plaster, Linen, Acrylic & Enamel paint, Wax
128 x 73 x 5/10 cm
$ 1,500 (Acquired AGWA)

 

 

 

17

XX Untitled (a memory of Dodge City) 1997-1998
Wood, Plaster, Linen, Acrylic & Enamel paint, Wax
214 x 176 x 15 cm (variable dimensions)
$ 2,500

 

18

XXI Fabric/Fabrique 1997
Wood, Plaster, Linen, Acrylic & Enamel paint
Wax Lead sheet, Zinc plated nails
303 x 60 x 16 cm
$ 2,000

 

19

XXIII A Frame 1998
Wood, Acrylic, Graphite, Wax
Metal (found object)
68 x 37 x 5cm
$ 500 (Sold)

 

20

(Above right also shows detail of central part - illuminated by internal bulb (switchable))
XXVII Frame(d) 1997-1998
Wood, Plaster, Linen, Bitumen
Epoxy, Glass Found Objects and Internal Light
180 x 180 x 5.5/14 cm
$ 6,000

 

THE ANOMALOUS OBJECT

 

Series I Representations From the Painters Floor

 

21

Above Shows 21 Left Panel + 26 Right Panel
I Self Portrait 1998-1999
Wood, Plastic, Enamel Paint
41 x 41 x 8 cm
(21) $ 500
(Pair 21 + 26 $ 1,000)
(Acquired Curtin University)

 

22

Above Shows 22 Left Panel + 27 Right Panel
II The Raising of Lazarus 1998-1999
Wood, Plastic, Enamel Paint
33 x 33 x 8 cm
(22) $ 450(Pair 22 + 27 $900)

 

23

Above Shows 23 Left Panel + 28 Right Panel
III The Jewish Angel or The Two Sisters 1998-1999 Wood, Plastic, Enamel Paint
40 x 40 x 8 cm
(23) $ 500
(Pair 23 + 28 $ 1,000)
(23 + 28 Sold)

 

24

Above Shows 24 Top Panel + 29 Lower Panel

24
IV Purple Noons Transparent Might 1998-1999 Wood, Plastic, Enamel Paint
30 x 118 x 8 cm
(24) $ 800
(Pair as shown 24 + 29 $ 1,600)

 

25

Above Shows 25 Left Panel + 30 Right Panel
V Saturn Devouring His Children 1998-1999 Wood, Plastic, Enamel Paint
120 x 60 x 8 cm
(25) $ 1,000
(Pair 25 + 30 $ 2,000)

 

Side View 25 + 30
SERIES II NOCTURNES

 

26

Above Shows 21 Left Panel + 26 Right Panel
Nocturne I (Bookar) 1998-1999
Wood, Bitumen, Enamel Paint Epoxy
410 x 410 x 65
(26) $ 500
(Pair 21 + 26 $1,000)
(21+26 Reserved)

 

27

Above Shows 22 Left Panel + 27 Right Panel
Nocturne II (Gnotuk) 1998-1999
Wood, Bitumen, Enamel Paint Epoxy
33 x 33 x 6.5 cm
(27) $ 450
(Pair 22 + 27 $ 900)

 

28

Above Show 23 Left Panel + 28 Right Panel
Nocturne III (Wahgunyah) 1998-1999
Wood, Bitumen, Enamel Paint Epoxy
40 x 40 x 6.5 cm
(28) $ 500
(Pair 23 + 28 $1,000 )
(23 + 28 Sold)

 

29

 

Above Shows 24 Top Panel + 29 Lower Panel
Nocturne IV (Metropolis) 1999
Wood, Bitumen, Enamel Paint Epoxy
30 x 118 x 7 cm
29 $ 800
(Pair 24 + 29 $ 1,600)

 

30

Above Shows 25 Left Panel + 30 Right Panel
Nocturne V (Metropolis) 1999
Wood, Bitumen, Enamel Paint Epoxy
120 x 60 x 6.5 cm
(30) $ 1,000
(Pair 25 + 30 $ 2,000)

This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body