Dr Caroline Durre - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Caroline Durré works as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture at Monash University.

Caroline is a Melbourne artist who has held numerous solo shows incorporating painting, drawing, printmaking and wall painting, in Melbourne and Sydney, most recently at the Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria. Her interests as an artist centre on the representation of fictive space, optical experience, symmetry and ornament.

She has participated in numerous group shows including the Aomori International Print Triennale in Japan, Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, and Footprint International Print Biennale in Connecticut USA and most recently Art Pattern and Complexity at RiAUS Adelaide (as well as being featured on the cover of Artlink, March 2012, on the same theme), New Drawing at Subject Matter Art Space, Melbourne, and Contemporary Australian Drawing 2: drawing as notation, text and discovery curated by Irene Barberis for Drawing Out 2012 at the University of the Arts, London 2012.

In 1994 she went to Antarctica as artist in residence on an Australian Antarctic Division Arts Fellowship. In 2003 she was resident at the Cité des Arts in Paris for three months, pursuing research into the history of the formal garden. In 2006 she won the Swan Hill Regional Gallery Print and Drawing Acquisitive Award for her drawing Hortus (in)conclusus (convex).Her works are held in national, state and regional galleries, and corporate and private collections.

She completed her PhD entitled Post-Op: on the experience and representation of paradoxical space in 2008. She is also a writer who has published catalogue essays and art criticism, with a particular interest in the relationship between art and science. As a lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, she concentrates on the supervision of graduate students in MFA and PhD degrees.

 

Related Links:

• Caroline's Website
• Caroline's Blog

Research & Supervision Interests

As an artist I play with fictive space, optical experience, intricacy and excess. The regularities of geometry and symmetry can mysteriously give rise to spatial and visual disorientation. I aim to create images of optical seduction and psychological entrapment, using geometry to generate complexity, and symmetry to create visual vibration. The resulting ‘anxious spaces’ are both lyrical and confronting.

I am also fascinated by the way that ornamental detail, originally derived from the observation of organic form, can interplay with the austere geometries of architecture. This question has occupied artists and designers across cultures and through the ages. My image steps in to this tradition, manipulating motifs drawn from sources such as the Baroque garden with its vegetative arabesques, knotwork and tiling, and combining these with the geometry of historical bastionated fortifications and the techniques of anamorphic perspective.

These points of reference are linked in that they each manipulate the perception of space in order to entice and disorient the viewer. They undermine the dependability of sensory perception, even as they exploit to the full the technologies of spatial control.

I have reconfigured my sources using symmetry, repetition and distortion in order to make secretive, armoured enclosures that invite exploration yet forbid entry. I aim to achieve a vision of distorted space that can relate to the body of the viewer and the scale of the space where the work is sited, and can mediate between these.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2009

Publications

Books

Durre, C., 2010, The Poetics of Geometry, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Vic.

Journal Articles

Durre, C.B., Purdy, S.L., 2011, Phytophobia australias, Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture [E], vol 18, Antennae Project, London, UK, pp. 53-57.

Durre, C., 2010, Dexa-Dan: Danny McDonald, Artlink: Australian contemporary art quarterly [P], vol 30, issue 1, Artlink Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, p. 123.

Durre, C., 2008, Texts in Parallel: Art Research as Allegory, Creative Approaches to Research, vol 1, issue 2, RMIT Publishing, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 35-44.

Durre, C., 2007, Carmel wallace: the art of the facade, Imprint, vol 42, issue 1, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Vic, p. 17.

Conference Proceedings

Durre, C., 2006, Pastoral prison, object arcadia: on military space and sight, Reinventing the medium: Abstract, 07-09 December 2006, AAANZ, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 12.

Durre, C., 2006, Texts in parallel: art research allegory, ACUADS abstracts, 27-29 September 2006, ACUADS, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 16.

Other

Durre, C., 2011, Not Garden # 8, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania, 19 March to 8 May.

Durre, C.B., 2011, Studio, exegesis, research: the allegorical impulse, Talk/presentation, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Durre, C., 2011, Under the Skin (Arabesque), Banyule Arts Space, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Banyule City Council, Ivanhoe, Victoria, 11 November to 14 December.

Durre, C., 2010, Regeneration, Catalogue essay for 'Regeneration' exhibition, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 2-3.

Durre, C., 2010, The Poetics of Geometry, Works on paper, canvas and wall painting installation, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Vic.

Durre, C., 2010, Under the Skin (Arabesque), ink on paper, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray, Vic.

Durre, C., 2009, Not-garden (tetrahedron), Tasmanian Musuem and Art Gallery, Hobart City Council, Hobart, Tas, 4 July 2009 - 9 August 2009.

Durre, C., 2009, Post-op: on the experience and representation of paradoxical space.

Durre, C., 2008, Allegories of representation: the work of Maryanne Coutts, Catalogue Essay, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic, pp. 7-11.

Durre, C., 2008, Green Theatre, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, 25 October to 7 December.

Durre, C., 2007, "Prospect with Void" and "Knotted Shape", Glen Eira Council Gallery, Glen Eira Council, Caulfield, Vic, 24 May to 10 June.

Durre, C., 2007, Brodeire, Geelong Gallery, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic, 3 November to 9 December.

Durre, C., 2007, Dan Wollmering: Natural Selection, Catalogue essay, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, p. 1.

Durre, C., 2007, Felicity Spear: Out There- in light of remote possibilities, Short Catalogue essay, Monash Faculty of Art & Design Gallery, Caulfield, Vic, p. 1.

Durre, C., 2007, Folding Shape, Old Castlemaine Goal, Old Castlemaine Goal, Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine, Vic, 31 March to 12 April.

Durre, C., 2007, Hortus (in)conclusus (concave), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Hazelhurst, NSW, 14 July to 26 August.

Durre, C., 2007, Infinite Parterre, Geelong Gallery, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic, 25 August to 18 November.

Durre, C., 2007, Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection, An exhibition jointly celebrating the Print Council of Australia's 40th anniversary and four decades of Australian printmaking, RMIT Gallery.

Durre, C., 2007, Speculum Orbis Aquarium, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan, 24 November to 9 December.

Durre, C., 2006, Allegory of Enthopy (autograph), QUT Art Museum and 6 public galleries, QUT Art Museum, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld Australia, 22-27 June 2006 and touring until 2008.

Durre, C., 2006, Arcadian Abyss, Art Gallery for NSW, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW Australia, 29 September 2006 to 03 December 2006.

Durre, C., 2006, Hortus (In) Conclusus, Prize- winner in 2006 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive AwardsPrize won was $5000, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery.

Durre, C., 2006, Mappa Mundi, Albury Regional Art Gallery, ARAG, Albury NSW, 29 July 2006 to 15 October 2006.

Durre, C., 2006, Parterre Mechant (wall painting), Alliance Francaise Gallery, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, 05 October 2006 to 31 October 2006.

Durre, C., 2006, Printmaking Floortalk, National Works on Paper, Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Vic Australia.

Durre, C., 2006, 'Rus in urbe' Proposal for $30 000 public art commission, shortlisted for laneway commissions 2007, City of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Barberis, I., Bertram, H., Bradbeer, G., Cotching, K., Cripps, P., Durre, C., 2006, Wall Painting (glowing/swelling/floating), RMIT Project Space/ Spare Room, RMIT, Melbourne Vic Australia, 29 May 2006 to 16 June 2006.

Durre, C., 2003, 2003 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington VIC Australia, 22 July 2003 to 24 August 2003.

Durre, C., 2003, Geelong Print Prize 2003, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong VIC Australia, 6 June to 27 July 2003.

Durre, C., 2003, Impressions of Antarctica, Presiding Officers' Gallery, Parliament House, Canberra ACT Australia, 1 May 2003 to 30 May 2003.

Durre, C., 2003, Paper cuts, Exhibition review, PCA Inc, North Melbourne Vic Australia, Volume 38, Number 3, p. 10.

Durre, C., 2002, Foreshadow, Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda VIC Australia, 09 August 2002 to 01 September 2002.

Durre, C., 2002, Histories Of..., Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia, 29 October 2002 to 16 November 2002.

Durre, C., 2002, In the Museum of Extinction, Catalogue essay, City of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia, September 2002, pp. 1-6.

Durre, C., 2002, Notes...on the Oceanic, Journal article and catalogue essay, PCA Inc, North Melbourne Vic Australia, Volume 37, Number 2, pp. 3-4.

Durre, C., 2002, Review: Clive Barstow & Nicola Kaye 2000 Years, 2 Spaces, Short review, PCA Inc., North Melbourne Vic Australia, Volume 37, Number 4, p. 22.

Smith, K.M., Durre, C., Wollmering, D., 2002, Treasures 2002, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia, 03 December 2002 to 21 December 2002.

Durre, C., 2002, Villa Alba, Villa Alba, Kew VIC Australia, 15 March 2002 to 31 March 2002.

Durre, C., Vu, T.T., 2001, 26th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award: The History of Penetration by Caroline Durree, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle WA Australia, 23 September 2001 to 28 October 2001.

Durre, C., 2001, More Songs About Dancing and Horses, Catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 1.

Durre, C., 2001, Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award 2001, The Warnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool VIC Australia, 02 December 2001 to 13 January 2002.

Durre, C., 2000, Seven Enigmas, Flinders Lane Gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, 5 - 29 April 2000.

Durre, C., 1999, Geelong Print Prize 1999, Imprint Magazine, vol 34, issue 3 (Spring 1999), Print Council of Australia, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 10.

Durre, C., 1999, Raymond Arnold and Danny McDonald/Press/Print, Imprint Magazine, vol 34, issue 4 (Summer 99), Print Council of Australia., Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 13.

Durre, C., 1997, Night Scenes & Allegories, 14 Oct - 8 Nov 1997, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Redfern NSW, Access Contemporary Art Gallery.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Essence of Containment: Traversing the Terrain of Trade.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Experimental books and post-literacy.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Procreative bodies and intersubjective space: territory of ambiguity and dysjunction.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Spiritual Explorer: Identity and Subjectivity in an Era of High Social Mobility.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The performative persona: challenging the mob.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Adam, C.

Program of Study:

Granarchy; Adding a Post-menopausal perspective to art interpretations of women. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Ainslie, L.

Program of Study:

Shelf Life. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Heng, E (Main), Durre, C (Associate), Nelson, R (Associate).

Student:

Arnold, R.

Program of Study:

Shielding the body. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Heng, E (Main), Durre, C (Associate).

Student:

Baxter, P.

Program of Study:

Using Images Based on European and Chinese Modes of Representation from the 18th Century and Early Modernism. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Nelson, R (Associate).

Student:

Beder, V.

Program of Study:

Metaphor and Metamorphosis: Change and Transformation - A Visual Exploration. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Joint), Hosking, M (Joint-Co).

Student:

Bennett, A.

Program of Study:

To Occupy: Interior Panoramas. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Dziekan, V (Joint).

Student:

Brennan, M.

Program of Study:

In-between Space Pictures of Tattoos, Pictures of Perspective, Pictures of You. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Campbell, M.

Program of Study:

The Lost and Found in Decoration & Ornamentation: A Studio Exploration of Memory, Shadow, Repetition and Transformation. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Joint), Headley, C (Joint-Co).

Student:

Cass, S.

Program of Study:

Marking The Stranger. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Joint), Headley, C (Joint-Co).

Student:

Collette, C.

Program of Study:

Material Bodies: Masking and Revealing the Classical Body in Contemporary Visual Culture. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Derum, K (Main), Durre, C (Associate).

Student:

Faulkner, J.

Program of Study:

The impressed self and the imprinted landscape. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Holden, J.

Program of Study:

Portraiture, Power and the Politics of Appearance. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Hoyle, A.

Program of Study:

Love My Leaf-blower: Worship My Spartan Sports Power Tower: The Art of Synthetic Ecologies. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Smith, K (Joint).

Student:

Jones, T.

Program of Study:

Wood Engraving: A Personal Perspective (After Blake and Bewick). (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Roberts, J (Associate).

Student:

Kamp, J.

Program of Study:

Urban Landscape: Mirror of Cultural Disorientation. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Gaston, V (Associate).

Student:

Kavanagh, D.

Program of Study:

The Ascension of Ruins: A Phenomenon within the Contemporary Art Landscape. (Masters) 2011.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Lade, J.

Program of Study:

Light-Struck Metaphor & Materials: sensing in the digital environment. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Mason, P.

Program of Study:

Vital Signs. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Mott, J.

Program of Study:

Gardens of Discontent: Locating site-specific sculpture in Historic Australian Gardens. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Newey, S.

Program of Study:

Shape Shifting: night and darkness explored in the visual arts. (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Park, Y.

Program of Study:

Dreaming in a white space of silence: Landscape and Abstraction. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Peters, R.

Program of Study:

Ghostly Aesthetics: Constructing Expressionism Using Existential Methods - A Studio Investigation. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), De Williams, G (Associate).

Student:

Roberts, C.

Program of Study:

CLAY BODIES: A Studio Investigation of Narrative and the Clay Figure. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Doolan, M (Joint-Co), Durre, C (Joint).

Student:

Ropponen, J.

Program of Study:

The Truth about the Art of Keeping Mum: A Studio Project exploring the Grotesque and Confessional Mode in Art. (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Slattery, D.

Program of Study:

Science As A Metaphor: Artistic Dimensions in Mathematics and Science. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main).

Student:

Weiss, G.

Program of Study:

Facing the Absent - The Marriage of Figurative and Abstract in Contemporary Art Practice. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Heng, E (Associate).

Student:

Williams, M.

Program of Study:

An Exploration of Still Life Painting. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Dupree, G (Joint), Durre, C (Joint-Co).