howard arkley

... Artist: Howard Arkley Venue: the art gallery of NSW Exhibition dates: 10 March- 6 May 2007 Howard Arkley (1951-1999) was an Australian artist, born in Melbourne. Howard Arkley is an enigmatic figure in contemporary Australian art. He was one of the most celebrated artists of his time, even representing his country at the Venice Biennale; yet his name isn't all that well-known in the wider community. The Howard Arkley Exhibition presents a major retrospective charting the evolution of Arkley's work from the early 1970s to his final major works from the Venice Biennale in 1999. Arkley is often thought of as the foremost painter of Australian suburbia. His signature houses and domestic interiors contradicted deeper artistic concerns. His images were produced with a distinct eye to interests in abstraction, patterning and the relationship between two and three dimensions. Arkley's paintings, sculptures and installations played around with the distinction between abstraction and representation. In terms of

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