
Vivienne Shark LeWitt: comedies & proverbs
Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne 2008
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Massa Peccati: The Seven Deadly Sins, 2010
acrylic on linen
180 x 246.5 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
A penny for your thoughts, 2017
water paint on linen
61 x 61 cm
Charity (can we help you?), 1998
oil on linen
100 x 81 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
I sing the sofa (9am), 1995
oil on linen
86 x 137 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Fortitude (Notre Dame), 1998
oil on linen
112 x 92 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Torch, 1996
oil on linen
122 x 187 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
I am Curious Yellow (11am), 1995
oil on linen
137 x 86 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
comedies & proverbs, 2008
installation view, Ian Potter Museum
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
comedies & proverbs, 2008
installation view, Ian Potter Museum
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
comedies & proverbs, 2008
installation view, Ian Potter Museum
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
comedies & proverbs, 2008
installation view, Ian Potter Museum Museum
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Goodness always triumphs over evil, 1984
oil and gold leaf on wood
4 parts, 76 x 116 cm; each 76 x 29 cm
Born Sale, Victoria Australia 1956
Lives and works in Daylesford
Vivienne Shark Lewitt is a painter and cartoonist whose astute wit and subversive humour have underpinned her discursive and allegorical paintings which pointedly, and at times poignantly, reveal the peculiarity, complexity and absurdity of the human condition.
Drawing upon both art historical and literary sources, the artist subtly interrogates past traditions, quoting different elements in ironic combinations which confront and confound the viewer with their ambiguous and enigmatic narratives.
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
A penny for your thoughts, 2017
water paint on linen
61 x 61 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Massa Peccati: The Seven Deadly Sins, 2010
acrylic on linen
1800 x 2465 mm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
The True Legend of Lady Godiva, 2004
oil and crayon on linen
61.5 x 56 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Fortitude (Notre Dame), 1998
oil on linen
112 x 92 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Torch, 1996
oil on linen
122 x 187 cm
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
I sing the sofa (9am), 1995
oil on linen
86 x 137 cm