Melbourne, Kick Gallery Presents: Tim Vagg

TIM VAGG: The Boxer Paintings

Exhibition Opening 6-8pm June 09

Exhibition runs June 07 – June 25 2011

In his new series, The Boxer Paintings, Tim Vagg continues his recent artistic investigations into Australian history posing questions about the notion and formation of our national identity. Having painted portraits of specific Australian heros and antiheros in recent exhibitions ‘the boxer’ becomes the central motif in his new series. Filled with metaphor and allegory Vagg’s new works again invite his audiences to re-look and reassess Australian history and identity.

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Kick Gallery: Tim Vagg, The Boxer

TIM VAGG

The Boxer Paintings

Exhibition Opening 6-8pm June 09

Exhibition runs June 07 – June 25 2011

In his new series, The Boxer Paintings, Tim Vagg continues his recent artistic investigations into Australian history posing questions about the notion and formation of our national identity. Having painted portraits of specific Australian heros and antiheros in recent exhibitions ‘the boxer’ becomes the central motif in his new series. Filled with metaphor and allegory Vagg’s new works again invite his audiences to re-look and reassess Australian history and identity.

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