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No More War for 100 Years<\/em> (detail)
dimensions variable (appox. 79″-118″); Installation: 12 pieces wall mounted; recycled prints, original newspaper clippings, tissue paper, newspaper and fibre, moulded; 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lee Brogan
Kerikeri, New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am influenced by both surrealism, primitivism, and abstract expressionism. My work has primarily focussed on topics that motivate me (with environmental and political hegemony high on my agenda) and is strongly conceptual in nature. I have used original artefacts from WWII to make several anti-war bodies of work over the last 15 years which have been exhibited internationally. My collage work is essentially abstract, as although there is no initial conceptual direction, by free association of images the work evolves over time and connections present themselves until the piece emerges as a whole. I often use analogue collage as a starting point, with individual works morphing through digital manipulation, or taken into the printmaking field, or used to create sculptural works. I also use my own photographic material to create collage and printmaking, so my work is cyclical, rotating through various methodologies until a finished piece is revealed. My latest body of work has been in large scale digital printmaking and abstract video installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started in the commercial art industry over 30 years ago in Auckland, and have been a self-employed professional graphic designer and publisher since leaving the city 25 years ago to live an off-grid sustainable lifestyle- firstly on a yacht for several years and then land-based, currently from my home in the sub-tropical rural far north of New Zealand. I have a BA (Applied Art), and was the winner of New Zealand\u2019s Aspiring Art Awards: Best Artwork Under $1000 in 2015, and the Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Award in 2008. I have also been a four-time finalist in the country\u2019s most prestigious art awards–the Wallace Art Awards and twice in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, as well as a four-time finalist in the Australasian Ranamok Glass Awards. I have featured in \u201cKiwi Consciousness. Contemporary Artists from New Zealand\u201d 2017, \u201cCraft Arts International” 2012 & 2015, \u201cNew Zealand Glass Art\u201d 2010, \u201cLooking Glass: Reflecting Ideas\u201d 2009 and “New Glass Review 30”, 2009, Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA. I have exhibited both nationally and internationally, in both solo and group shows and my work is held in both private and public collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since moving off-grid in 2011 I have constantly been evolving my art practice to reflect my desire for a more low tech, sustainable, zero waste, non-toxic lifestyle embracing collage (analogue and digital, 2D, 3D and installation), printmaking, book-making, photography and video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[click to email<\/a>]
www.leebrogan.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paradise Found<\/em>
17″x17″; digital print on 340gsm Archival paper; 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Through My Fingers to the Deep #2<\/em>
23.6″x19.7″; digital print on archival paper from original photograph and hand-cut
collage; 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Woman’s World<\/em>
31.5″x23.6″; hand-cut collage on paper, framed; 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Fetish<\/em>
35.4″x17.7″; hand-cut collage on paper, framed; 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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