“The Art Of Fact” Exhibition

Allouche Gallery

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The legendary Australian painter Anthony Lister will be presenting a culturally significant and powerful body of work at Allouche Gallery on April 19th. The paintings on display, along with the title of the show, THE ART OF FACT, are filled with philosophilcal intention and mirror Lister’s specific message, which is best described by the painter himself:

“I have a problem with the word ‘art’ and especially being titled an ‘artist’. I feel that these are buzz words where all sorts of slithering pseudo creative types can hide in its ambiguous aura. My preference leans more towards the literal, therefore I refer to myself as a painter. For starters the word ‘art’ is far too short and (as far as I can decipher) is an abbreviation for the word artifact, is this correct of me to assume? If this is so then I find myself (in the context of contemporary language ) making facts. This is where I begin to confuse myself and also feel a sense of overwhelming excitement and amusement because if the fact that if I am (for lack of a better word) in fact making art and the product of my function as a painter is factually unmistakeabley the literal manifestation of this thing we call ‘art’ I come to the realisation that I am in essence a fact maker, which is quite an exciting realisation for someone who has been called a dreamer of fantasy and imagination. I am unique and not quite domestic and therefore nessicary. Facts are wonderful in theory. Theory is disasterous without action. Action speaks louder than words. They say a picture speaks a thousand words. This is a show about how I turned the word ‘art’ into the ‘fact’. This being the case I imagine being told by people ‘hey I like your fact’ to which I will reply ‘thankyou’.”
— Anthony Lister

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Schedule

from April 19, 2018 to May 13, 2018

Opening Reception on 2018-04-19 from 18:00 to 21:00

Artist(s)

Anthony Lister

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