| Anthony Lister - She Loves it Here on Video TV-Hits |
| Tuesday, 20 April 2010 10:26 |
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"She Loves it Here on Video TV-Hits" is a fabulous example of Brisbane born artist Anthony Lister bringing his controversial lifestyle to canvas. Known for a string of misdemeanors and criminal offenses in his new home town of New York, this work resonates with street life symbols. We are first struck by a pointed pistol. Across the center then asked to solve a pictograph. Two hip girls stand next to a hyphenated MEN in capital letters - these are WO-MEN, protected by a red faced dog. We maybe lured by the street sign glamour, but it's a dangerous world. Lister has been quoted saying that "Australians are raised by Americans on TV" and that "TV is the contemporary mode of meditation". In this painting Lister plays out our TV fantasies, of guns, women and crime so often found in popular culture. Yet to read about his life this work could easily be a self-portrait. |
