Dr Geoff Hogg
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Position |
Senior Lecturer |
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School / |
Art |
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Contact Details |
+(61 3) 9925 4961 |
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Location |
50.1 |
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College/Portfolio |
Design & Social Context |
Key Activities
Trained as a painter, Geoff Hogg was an early contributor to the revival of contemporary Public Art. He began his work with a strong interest in public forms including street installation, projection, integrated architecture and craft along with banner making, processional objects and in particular, large scale wall painting and drawing. This work grew from a concern to re-connect with under-valued sources and traditions in contemporary cultural life.
Research
Professor Bernard Smith writes “In 1975 Geoff Hogg pioneered a new kind of mural that did not seek to reinforce ruling conventions but was addressed to the expression of local, regional, community, public and working people’s values”.
In the years that followed he emphasizes cross disciplinary practice, exploring collaboration and new contexts for Public Art interventions. He has led over 60 large scale Public Art projects in Australia and overseas, bringing together diverse groups of artists, historians, craftspeople, community members, journalists, architects and related professionals.
“Geoff Hogg is one of the key Australian artists who has sought to change the way art and culture are received and understood through both his own art making and in an advisory capacity to Federal, State and local Governments,” Katrina Fraser.
Pursuing his interest in cross cultural practice, he developed what are said to be the first joint Public Art projects between Chinese and overseas artists in China. In recent years he has worked extensively in Turkey, creating projects that draw on grassroots support at a local level in Australia to create links and develop imaginative connections for cultural dialogue and exchange. These works have taken the form of landscapes, wall paintings, exhibitions and installations.
Geoff Hogg is currently Coordinator of Public Art/Art in Public Space in the School of Art. He is responsible for both teaching and research programs. Internationally renowned writer and art theorist, Lucy Lippard writes about this program: “Their practice as much as their projects provide a model for those all over the world who know that art really does build bridges and bears witness to its times”.
School of Art Research Cluster
From left: Penzan wall 1996 Geoff Hogg, WinJun Marina Baker, Yang Gengzu, Xian Yange courtyard wall painting 1999 Geoff in collaboration with WenJun and Yang Gengzu, Moreland City offices, 1998 Geoff in collaboration with Zho Xio Ping