Kevin Mortensen
(1939-2023)
A selection of his available art
Kevin Mortensen was a visual artist whose works refused to pinned to any one style, they spanned Performance Art, Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. He was active in the Australian art scene, contributing from the early 1970s until his passing in 2023.
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A Visual Artist
Kevin Mortensen was an artist who defied traditions, his work ranging from sculpture and performance art to painting, drawing and printmaking. On occasion Mortensen collaborated in plays and theater, but he always identified as a Visual Artist, not wanting to be tied down to any singular expression of art.
“We hit a snag now, Deborah. I have trouble calling myself an artist, for several reasons. The first one would be that from my time in Venice I learnt that Leonardo [da Vinci] was renowned for his attitude. On his death bed he said, ‘What a pity I am dying today because I felt sure that tomorrow I would be an artist’. That imprinted in my psyche..”
Extract from an interview with Deborah Edwards, 2017.