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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Tracey Moffatt (518 results)
Doll birth, 1994–1994

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Doll birth, 1994–1994

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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Doll birth, 1972 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

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Doll birth, 1972 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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Charm alone, 1965 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

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Charm alone, 1965 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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Telecam guys, 1977 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

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Telecam guys, 1977 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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The Wizard of Oz (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

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The Wizard of Oz (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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Mother's day, 1975 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

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Mother's day, 1975 (Scarred for life 1), 1994–1994

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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Up in the sky, 1997–1997

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Up in the sky, 1997–1997

Sale Date: June 4, 2004

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Laudanum, 1998–1998

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Laudanum, 1998–1998

Sale Date: June 9, 2004

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Something more no.1, 1989–1989

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Something more no.1, 1989–1989

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Laudanum, image #10, 1998–1998

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Laudanum, image #10, 1998–1998

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Fourth (8), 2001–2001

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Fourth (8), 2001–2001

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Something more #1, 1989–1989

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Something more #1, 1989–1989

Sale Date: May 19, 2004

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Something more no.1, 1989

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Something more no.1, 1989

Sale Date: May 13, 2004

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Scissor cut, 1980–1980

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Scissor cut, 1980–1980

Sale Date: May 4, 2004

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Piss bags, 1978, 1999–1999

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Piss bags, 1978, 1999–1999

Sale Date: May 4, 2004

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Homemade hand-knit, 1958, 1999–1999

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Homemade hand-knit, 1958, 1999–1999

Sale Date: May 4, 2004

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Something more no.1, 1989–1989

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Something more no.1, 1989–1989

Sale Date: May 3, 2004

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Something more no.8, 1989–1989

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Something more no.8, 1989–1989

Sale Date: May 3, 2004

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Invocation, 2000–2000

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Invocation, 2000–2000

Sale Date: March 24, 2004

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Something more #3, 1989–1989

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Something more #3, 1989–1989

Sale Date: February 6, 2004

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Up in the sky, 1997–1997

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Up in the sky, 1997–1997

Sale Date: February 4, 2004

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Useless, 1974, 1994–1994

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Useless, 1974, 1994–1994

Sale Date: February 4, 2004

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Wizard of Oz, 1956, 1994–1994

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Wizard of Oz, 1956, 1994–1994

Sale Date: December 10, 2003

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Up in the sky, 1997–1997

Tracey Moffatt

Up in the sky, 1997–1997

Sale Date: December 10, 2003

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