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A photograph of an exhibition space with a tarp with a collection of objects occupying most of the floor, a computer display in front of it and large format drawings and assemblages on the walls around

Based on a True Story: Geoff Lowe 1972–92 and A Constructed World 1993–2012

When

This exhibition has now ended.

Location

The Potter Museum of Art, Cnr of Swanston St and Masson Rd, Parkville

Based on a True Story traced the relationship between the concepts and methods that informed the early paintings of influential multidisciplinary artist Geoff Lowe and those associated with his collaborative practice as part of A Constructed World project that Lowe founded with Jacqueline Riva in 1993.

The exhibition brought together for the first time paintings produced by Lowe from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, and works in a variety of media by A Constructed World from the early 1990s to 2012. The second in the series of Vizard Foundation Contemporary Art Projects, this major exhibition included new commissioned work, supported by a direct grant to the artists from the Vizard Foundation.

Curated by Bala Starr.

A photograph of an exhibition space with a large table holding a tv, and various publications in the centre, an guitar amplifier on the floor next to the table, and large format drawings and photographs on the walls around

Based on a True Story: Geoff Lowe 1972–92 and A Constructed World 1993–2012‚ Potter Museum of Art, installation view. Photograph: Viki Petherbridge.