Dale John Lawrence

Dale Lawrenceʼs practice is motivated by an understanding of art as a fundamental tool of human collective communication and as such, inseparable from other facets of life and industry. Lawrence seeks moments of novelty in repetitive behaviours: in the mechanical actions of craftsmanship; in the daily rituals of domestic life; in familiar national histories; in the habits of industry of art itself. In this, he investigates the complexities surrounding notions of value, finality, intent, labour, productivity, and authenticity. 

Lawrenceʼs practice combines various media such as print, performance, installation and text, frequently blurring lines between them. In creating new works by tearing up others that have gone unsold or recreating Kounellisʼ Tragedia Civile (1975) from chip packets, Lawrenceʼs interventions seek to locate the value—and origin—of both an artwork and its maker.