Digital Catalogue: 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Michael Zavros
b. 1974 Brisbane QLD, lives Brisbane QLD
Stardust, 2024
digital print on Hahnemühle rag
edition 2/8
Image courtesy of the artist © Michael Zavros
Artist Statement
Stardust 2024 follows on from Homework 2014. It examines the nature in which objects of beauty, prestige and consumption can be incorporated within the fabric of daily life and the potential effect of this on generating consumptive complacency.
Presenting a glossy catalogue-like clarity, the sumptuous Rolls Royce interior is illuminated by the car's ‘starlight’ ceiling; its troubled, tuxedo-clad occupant clearly accustomed to his privilege. As with Homework and my paintings of my children, Stardust presents not so much a portrait of my son Leo but a fictional role-play in an ambiguous ‘prom night’ narrative.
About the Artist
Michael Zavros is a leading Australian artist. He has exhibited widely within Australia and internationally and his work is held in the collections of most major museums within Australia. He was won several prestigious prizes and been awarded five international residencies. He has served on Australia Council, Griffith University and National Association for the Visual Arts boards.
In 2017 Manuscript published the first monograph on Zavros’s work. In 2023 Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art staged a major retrospective of his work The Favourite and in 2025 Dunedin Public Art Gallery will stage a solo exhibition of his work.
Marian Drew
Sedentary
Naomi Hobson
Gentle
Merilyn Fairskye
Focus Infinity III (4.47am, 11 May 2024, Maralinga village)