Michael Graeve: Lines Along Signals of Crossings

Lines Along Signals of Crossings (Panels A,B, C, D, E, F)
2003-2024
Oil on linen
610 x 610mm each
$2,100 each

Artwork photos by James McArdle.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Lines Along Signals of Crossings

These paintings chart an accumulation of activations. Arcs of energy, traced from point to point. Spikes of movement, energised sensation.

These paintings recall the interference of touch. Signal to echo, bridging surface and ground. Colours moving in and out of reach.

These paintings foreground manoeuvres of sight. Darting for the new, bounced within boundaries. Recollecting previous patterns, testing uncertain edges.

These paintings connect a span of time. A 2003 ensemble responds to the bold directionality of an abandoned dodgem rink. 2024 complications speak partially to Dominic Redfern’s glitched media screens.

These paintings trace attention. A repose of flatness, followed by interruptions of marks. The calm decision of a hardened edge, the speed of a blur.

Perceptions performed, as lines along signals of crossings.

Michael Graeve, 2025

Michael Graeve is a visual and sound artist. He works across painting, installation, performance, composition, curation, text and teaching.

In his work he performs audio-visual and spatio-temporal transcriptions between media and senses, creating oscillating experiences of conjunctive and disjunctive relations.

He lives on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Castlemaine, near Melbourne (Naarm), Australia.

He has held over 30 solo exhibitions, and his work has been curated into exhibitions surveying practices of sound art and non-objective and abstract painting in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the USA.

His works are held in public and private collections in Australia, Europe and the USA.

Awards and residencies include Tonspur 19 in Vienna 2007, Australia Council residency at International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York 2005, Samstag International Travelling Scholar 2004, and Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence 2003.

His work has been critically reviewed in Artforum International, Eyeline, Real Time, Art/Text, and in books by publishers Routledge, MIT and Craftsman House.

He has contributed to artist-run culture as a board member at Liquid Architecture Sound (2007-2021), West Space (2000-2004) and Grey Area Art Space (1996-1999). Michael holds a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University 2015), Master of Fine Art (MFA Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2007), Masters in Arts (MA Media Arts, RMIT University Melbourne 2004), Bachelor of Arts (BA Media Arts, RMIT University Melbourne 1999) and Bachelor of Arts (BA Honours Fine Art Painting, RMIT Melbourne 1995). He is an Associate Professor in the School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, and Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching.