Liam James - The Burners

Liam James
The Burners (2016)
pigment print
110 x 147cm

lutruwita/Tasmanian born artist Liam James completed his Bachelor of Contemporary Art at the University of Tasmania in 2010 with Honours from the Australian National University in Canberra in 2012. Now based in Narrm/Melbourne undertaking a Master in Arts Management. James has shown in various galleries across Tasmania and has exhibited nationally and internationally.

He has an accompanying curatorial/management practice that has seen him involved with several artist-run initiatives and project-based exhibitions; these inform and compliment his making.

James works primarily within visual arts, creating evocative scenes and portraits rich with references to Australian art history, his personal identity and the wider canon of art. Each work cleverly critiques its place within this dialogue; and provokes questions from the viewer about the discomfort of belonging and our understanding of art and local history, as it is presented to us and by whom.