Australian (b. 1957)
Ghost (2005)
Hand-drawn lithograph
28.5cm by 25cm
Edition of 40
Signed and dated ‘Clinch ’05’ lower right
Provenance:
Robert Clinch, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Collections:
Deakin University Collection, Melbourne (ed. 2/40); Myer Collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
‘Urban Myths‘, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine; Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell; Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 2007 (another example)
‘Urban Myths and Legends‘, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, 2007 (another example)
‘Black & White‘, Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide, 2008 (another example)
‘Solitary Perspectives‘, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, 2009 (another example)
‘Lithographs, Drawings & Egg Tempera‘, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 2009 (another example)
‘Themes & Variations‘, Manningham Gallery, City of Manningham, 2010 (another example)
‘Real Life: Stories from the Inner Suburbs‘, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, 2011 (another example)
‘Robert Clinch‘, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 2011 (another example)
‘Parallel Lines; Recent work by Robert Clinch and Peter Serwan‘, Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier, 2011 (another example)
‘Robert Clinch: Fanfare for the common man‘, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat; Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, 2013 (another example)
‘Robert Clinch: Sounds of Silence‘, The National Museum in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, 2014 (another example)
Literature:
David Thomas, ‘d’ART: The Art of Robert Clinch‘, Lytlewode Press, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 2007, (illustrated p. 128).
‘Ghost’ illustrates the artist’s use of the paper dart, a common fixture within Clinch’s oeuvre. This symbol has been recreated throughout Clinch’s career for its association with fragility and imagination. The paper dart is a simple yet transient item, in the same way an idea can be a delicate, fleeting moment. The imagery also ignites a sense of nostalgia and childlike wonder within the viewer, a feeling also evoked from the artwork ‘Tic-Tac-Toe’. In this example the paper dart flies solo over a dark, desolate urban landscape. This work is the earliest example of the paper dart in the exhibition created in 2005. Clinch would go on to recreate this imagery within ‘Pot-Pourri’ in 2007 and furthermore the Goggomobil Dart commission in 2017. This commission involved Robert Clinch painting the paper darts onto the famous Australian sports car, the Goggomobil Dart. The artist dedicated years, and many painstaking hours to execute this project to his utmost highest standard alongside an exhibition of original paintings.