ONLY HUMAN An exhibition exploring contemporary figurative art through the work of 5 Australian artists. 7 – 25th May, 2018 COLLINS PLACE GALLERY Collins Place, 45 Collins St, Melbourne VIC KIM ANDERSON This series ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ is a deeply personal journey of intense psychological scrutiny, exploring the physical manifestations of a … Continue reading
EOLO PAUL BOTTARO Paintings from Sicily 22 March – 16 April, 2016 Catalogue essay from forthcoming exhibition at Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne AUST. In the artist statement for this exhibition, Eolo Paul Bottaro writes “Sicily has always been present in my work, because it has been present in me.” A brief survey of his last … Continue reading
Over the past year I have been working with Stag & Bow and The Framing Salon, two unique businesses in South East London that are all about reviving craft based skills from a grass roots level. Pascale Spall and Cyrus Colquitt founded Stag & Bow nearly five years ago at 8 Dartmouth Rd in Forest … Continue reading
Colour Without a Name, the latest exhibition by Eolo Paul Bottaro presents an enigmatic series of paintings inspired by the creative contemporaries, urban locales, and historical artworks that have lodged in the artist’s prolific imagination. The cryptic title of this exhibition, which evokes ideas surrounding perception and the limits of understanding, is an appropriate one … Continue reading
Excerpt from an article published in The Melbourne Review, Issue 10, August, 2012, p. 41 Figurative painting has had a lot to contend with over the last century. Since the invention of photography, there have been numerous claims about the death of painting as a means of relevant artistic expression in the modern age. While painting … Continue reading
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