Tracey Moffatt

(Australian, born 1960)

Tracey Moffatt is a contemporary Australian artist known for her photographs and films. With a variety of narrative techniques, including text, collage, and set design, Moffatt explore issues of childhood trauma, Aboriginal people, and popular Australian culture. In her series Up in the Sky (1997), the artist employs the aesthetic conventions of Italian Neo-Realist films to portrays scenes of an outback town in which there is some lurking violence. “My work is full of emotion and drama, you can get to that drama by using a narrative, and my narratives are usually very simple, but I twist it,” she has explained. “There is a storyline, but there isn’t a traditional beginning, middle, and end.” Born on November 12, 1960 in Brisbane, Australia, she went on to attend the Queensland College of Art where she received a BA in 1982. In 1989, the artist’s work first came to public attention with her seriesSomething More. Since then, Moffatt’s career has been peppered with achievements, including premiering her film Bedevil at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival and representing Australia in the 2017 Venice Biennale with her work My Horizon. She currently lives and works between Sydney, Australia and New York, NY. Moffatt’s works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, among others.

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Invocations #2, 2000

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Invocations #2, 2000

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Something more no.7, 1989

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Something more no.7, 1989

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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No.3 (from Adventure series), 2004

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No.3 (from Adventure series), 2004

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Up in the Sky, 1997

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Up in the Sky, 1997

Sale Date: February 6, 2012

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Sans titre (from Backyard) (set of 7), 1999

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Sans titre (from Backyard) (set of 7), 1999

Sale Date: December 5, 2011

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Hillary R. Clinton from under the sign of...

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Hillary R. Clinton from under the sign of...

Sale Date: December 6, 2011

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Laudanum #7, 1998

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Laudanum #7, 1998

Sale Date: November 30, 2011

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Invocations # 5, 2000

Tracey Moffatt

Invocations # 5, 2000

Sale Date: November 30, 2011

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Scarred for live II (set of 10), 1999

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Scarred for live II (set of 10), 1999

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Invocations no. 2, 2000

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Invocations no. 2, 2000

Sale Date: November 21, 2011

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Laudanum, 1998

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Laudanum, 1998

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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Guapa (Goodlooking) 1, 1995

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Guapa (Goodlooking) 1, 1995

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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Something more 1, 1989

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Something more 1, 1989

Sale Date: August 30, 2010

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Scarred for life (set of 9), 1994

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Scarred for life (set of 9), 1994

Sale Date: February 23, 2011

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Some lads (set of 5), 1986–1995

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Some lads (set of 5), 1986–1995

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Hillary R. Clinton (from the Under the sign..., 2005

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Hillary R. Clinton (from the Under the sign..., 2005

Sale Date: August 9, 2011

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Something more no.5, 1989

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Something more no.5, 1989

Sale Date: June 19, 2011

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Something more no. 3, 1989

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Something more no. 3, 1989

Sale Date: June 10, 2011

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Something more, no. 3, 1989

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Something more, no. 3, 1989

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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The movie star, David gulpilill on Bondi Beach, 1985

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The movie star, David gulpilill on Bondi Beach, 1985

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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Something more no. 8, 1989

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Something more no. 8, 1989

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Scarred for life (9 works), 1994

Tracey Moffatt

Scarred for life (9 works), 1994

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

Auction Closed

Something more no. 1, 1989

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Something more no. 1, 1989

Sale Date: May 11, 2011

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Adventure series

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Adventure series

Sale Date: May 4, 2011

Auction Closed

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