Ivan Durrant
On the bench 2006
synthetic polymer paint on board
99 x 145 cm
© Courtesy the artist
Photograph: Heath Worsley
On the bench 2006
synthetic polymer paint on board
99 x 145 cm
© Courtesy the artist
Photograph: Heath Worsley
Ivan Durrant is well known for his confronting happenings, sculptures, films and paintings of the 1970s and 1980s. In his most recent series, Boundary rider, Durrant celebrates the colours of a football match in a semi-abstract style. The works grew from his passionate response to the spectacle of a major football match.
Ivan Durrant was born in Melbourne in 1947 and currently lives and works in Benalla, central Victoria. Durrant has initiated a number of performance events relating to animal rights, including the well known Slaughtered cow happening in the forecourt of the National Gallery of Victoria in 1975.