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In 2008 Melbourne Art Foundation commissioned two prominent Australian artists to create large-scale works for Melbourne Art Fair.

David Griggs' Frog boy's dissertation into a new karaoke cult, a full size circus tent was gifted to Queensland Art Gallery, and Peter Hennessey's My Humvee (inversion therapy), a 6 metre high upturned recreation of the military vehicle, was gifted to The University of Queensland Art Museum.

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  My Humvee (inversion therapy)

  Peter Hennessey

  My Humvee (inversion therapy) is a full sized, highly detailed rendition of a M1025 HMMWV, more commonly known as a Humvee. The object, the contemporary version of the military jeep, is balanced on its nose and rendered in black painted plywood. At first glance, the object's blunt proportions and monochromatic surface lend it a sense of mournful monumentality.

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  Frog boy's dissertation into a new karaoke cult

  David Griggs

  David Griggs' Frog boy's dissertation into a new karaoke cult, a full-scale circus tent, is crafted entirely from paintings on canvas. The imagery painted on the exterior side of the canvas tent is a collection of tough Holy Cross imagery.

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All components of Melbourne Art Fair directly benefit the work of living artists. Over it's 22 - year history, the Fair has generated a wealth of national and international commercial and critical attention for artists and galleries.

For 22 years, the Melbourne Art Fair has linked artists, art industry and discerning consumer in an often provocative, always edifying, forum of international repute. Diverse in medium and concept, the fair must be experienced to be understood.

Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne