Trevor Vickers has been working in abstraction for more than five decades, importing constructed visualisations onto canvas, offering ways of how the world can be perceived and understood. He has produced, and continues to produce, some of the finest abstract paintings in the country.
An overview of Vickers’ practice with works from the 1970s to the present will be exhibited at Melbourne’s Charles Nodrum Gallery this spring, securing the artist’s place in Australian abstraction.
In a recent interview, Vickers reflected upon what is a painting: “It’s where the eye and the brain meet, bringing one’s whole life experiences together. I set up triggers to initiate this viewer exchange – it’s all about exchange. I have done this now for over fifty years.”
Although often mistakenly referred to as a minimalist artist, Vickers’ practice is more in line with abstraction and what the Swiss art
