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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 78.7 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
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Since the 70’s OPEC has effectively determined the quantity and price of oil. According to its’ statutes, OPEC’s objectives is to safeguard its members’ interests: that is, to sell oil for the highest price possible. Essentially, this is price fixing. If it were not a multi-nation business backed by the governments of its’ members, but rather existing within a single country, that host nation would be compelled to prosecute OPEC as a monopolistic cartel. If they dared to. Fear of the tap being turned off originated during the ‘73 oil crisis. It changed the world, revealing the developed economies fragile dependence on a resource whose supply and cost had hitherto been taken for granted. The recent oil wars in Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Libya are a testament to these on-going fears. Against this monumental landscape, the painting references the collusion of a circular boardroom table as well as the obvious Stonehenge comparison – with all the attendant mythology, ignorance and speculation.
Original Created:2011
Subjects:Political
Materials:Canvas
Styles:SurrealismRealismConceptual
Mediums:Oil
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:78.7 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Matthew was featured in BRW as one of Australia's top 50 artists. In the past few years he's won, or been a finalist for, more than 70 major national art awards. He's had 14 solo and 80 group shows. He's painted all his life but allowed himself to be distracted by other careers, working variously as a lecturer, art-director, photographer & writer. His first novel was short-listed for the Vogel Literary Award. He's lived in Australia, the UK, Portugal & Malaysia, and once camped for several months beneath a grand piano. He spent nights under stars in India, under-ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under-nourished in London. His scariest moment was having machine-gun shoved in his face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots, although crashing a para-glider into a forest was also something of a highlight.
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