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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Something more no. 1, 1989

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Something more no. 1, 1989

Sale Date: October 16, 2009

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Something more no. 1 (from Something more..., 1989

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Something more no. 1 (from Something more..., 1989

Sale Date: October 14, 2009

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Invocation No. 5 from Invocations series, 2000

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Invocation No. 5 from Invocations series, 2000

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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Adventure series 6, 2004

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Adventure series 6, 2004

Sale Date: August 24, 2009

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Adventure series 1, 2004

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Adventure series 1, 2004

Sale Date: August 24, 2009

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Charm alone (set of 4 prints), 1965

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Charm alone (set of 4 prints), 1965

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Scarred for life (set of 9), 1994

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Scarred for life (set of 9), 1994

Sale Date: June 6, 2009

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Scissor cut, 1980

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Scissor cut, 1980

Sale Date: April 7, 2009

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Something more 1, 1989

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Something more 1, 1989

Sale Date: March 25, 2009

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Laudanum, 1998

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Laudanum, 1998

Sale Date: March 29, 2009

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Scissor cut, 1999

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Scissor cut, 1999

Sale Date: November 24, 2008

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Up in the sky series (6 works), 1997

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Up in the sky series (6 works), 1997

Sale Date: November 23, 2008

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Pet thang, 1991

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Pet thang, 1991

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Pet thang, 1991

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Pet thang, 1991

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Pet thang, 1991

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Pet thang, 1991

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Pet thang, 1991

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Pet thang, 1991

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Pet thang, 1991

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Pet thang, 1991

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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The movie star: David Gulpilil on Bondi Beach, 1985

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The movie star: David Gulpilil on Bondi Beach, 1985

Sale Date: October 20, 2008

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Laudanum #11, 1998

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Laudanum #11, 1998

Sale Date: September 25, 2008

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Something more, no. 1, 1989

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Something more, no. 1, 1989

Sale Date: September 10, 2008

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Adventure, series 9, 2004

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Adventure, series 9, 2004

Sale Date: June 29, 2008

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Something More #5, 1989

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Something More #5, 1989

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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Something More #4, 1989

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Something More #4, 1989

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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Laudanum, 1998

Tracey Moffatt

Laudanum, 1998

Sale Date: May 22, 2008

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