PATRICK HARTIGAN Presents "Shapes and Words"

Exploring the ways in which short prose and books have guided and been guided by his studio work. Tracing around Offcuts – a recently published collection of short fiction and memoir. Some pictures and words about time spent in a village in eastern Slovakia.

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PATRICK HARTIGAN (b. Sydney, 1977)
Has recently published his first book (July 2019), called Offcuts.
Has been the art critic for The Saturday Paper since its inception in 2014.
Was awarded a Doctor of Creative Arts by the University of Wollongong in 2016.
Has presented work in solo and group exhibitions across Australia and New Zealand regularly since 2004.
Has work in the collections of The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland; Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne; The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and Wollongong University Art Collection.

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Image: Untitled, From Offcuts, Gazebo Books, 2019.