Australian (b. 1957)
Half-Court (2005)
Hand-drawn lithograph
29.5cm by 29cm
Edition of 50
Signed and dated ‘Clinch ’05’ lower right
Provenance:
Robert Clinch, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Collections:
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. 126).
David Thomas, Julie Collett, ‘Robert Clinch: Fanfare for the common man’, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 2013, (illustrated p. 61).
‘Half-Court‘ is another example of Clinch’s work where blinding contradictions are placed in tandem. A female statue is seen emerging proudly from the Supreme Court building as if on the prow of a ship whilst a large anarchist graffiti tag is emblazoned on the wall by a basketball hoop. Clinch has employed artistic licence in his depiction of the female figure. Although she is standing asserting her position, she is blindfolded and cannot lead the way.