An essay that explores the printmaking practice of Melbourne based artist Robert Hague, coinciding with his exhibition ‘Erasure’ at The Art Vault, Mildura, Australia. 15th July – 2nd August, 2015 In Robert Hague’s lithographic prints, individual objects are isolated for close study as the artist draws out the meaning behind their form and function. Rendering his images with … Continue reading
COLIN PALETHORPE Juxtaposed 5th – 22nd August. Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne AUSTRALIA In Juxtaposed, Melbourne based artist Colin Palethorpe considers the Australian landscape as a hybrid space, using the stark nature of collage to evoke an almost alien collision of European ‘settler’ culture on Australian soil. Idyllic pastoral scenes are sensitively rendered on paper, only to … Continue reading
Last week emerging artist Katie Young launched an exhibition titled Magnum Linea at the Dome Gallery, Melbourne. This series of oil and watercolour paintings are largely based on the artist’s friends and contemporaries, and in the tradition of portraiture they bear a strong physical likeness to their subjects. Yet through the introduction of symbols and designs … Continue reading
Another day another existential crisis, with phrases like this embedded in her work it is impossible not to smile at the wit infused Dymo creations of Melbourne based artist Savina Hopkins. As part of a recent exhibition at Red Gallery for the Midsumma Festival, Hopkins created a suite of works from embossed vinyl Dymo labels, … Continue reading
Tasmanian based artist Milan Milojevic is a pioneer in the field of digital printmaking. His work has recently been subject of a retrospective exhibition, A World Between: A Survey of Prints by Milan Milojevic showing at Plimsoll Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania. This is the original article from which an excerpt was published back in 2009 in the … 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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