Elvis Richardson currently lives and works in Melbourne Australia.

I like walking my dog through Melbourne cemetary and cruising op shops, rubbish piles, auction houses and archives looking for images and objects that record someones identity at a moment in time. From 35mm slides on ebay to used recorded vhs cassettes from rubbish dumps, and trophies my work seeks to memorialize my observations of our cultures refuse as a disenfranchised history possessing the aura of an individual characterized by the style and technology of a specific time.

I am like a devoted fan and forensic investigator of these objects I uses as raw material in my practice. Themes of art and crime wind their way through my works, many examining recollections and recreations of actual instances of social violence.

Elvis is represented by Hugo Michell in Adelaide

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