News from Outré - Loretta Lizzio "Dearly Beloved" opening tomorrow, SHAG news, forthcoming Louise Kyriakou show, Nick Cave and Kurt Cobain prints & more!
Outre News #256

FEATURE SHOW
OUTRÉ GALLERY MELBOURNE
JUNE 3rd - 19th

Join us tomorrow night for the opening of  "Dearly Beloved" - new paintings by Loretta Lizzio. The Melbourne based artist channels the uninhabited wilderness in her works. Animals, from the mildest to the most barbaric are the vessel Loretta uses to burrow into and reveal her own deeply layered self. Through her obsessive line work, Loretta captures a sensuous desire for freedom, adventure and love using pen, pencil and oils. For her show, she has restored salvaged wood and paper as the bases to create her escapes.

The artist has spent years sharpening this sensitivity with her subjects while working across publishing, photography, and advertising industries. The artworks she creates show her subjects as creatures of substance, radiating in the life that Loretta supercharges into her artworks.

Forgotten fairy tales, spectacles of cinema, fleeting glances and dog eared National Geographic’s are Loretta’s inspiration to make art and tell her stories.

The show opens at 6pm Friday - no RSVP required. All welcome. Drinks courtesy of Sailor Jerry.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

LOUISE KYRIAKOU
"LIFE AND TIMES" EXHIBITION - THE SMALL WALL PROJECT
OUTRÉ GALLERY MELBOURNE
JUNE 24 - JULY 3

Louise Kyriakou is an artist who uses painting and ceramics to make art that celebrates both the connection of culture and the uniqueness of each individual. Stylised faces, reduced almost to symbols, have long been a characteristic of her work, and Louise continues to begin with the most basic shapes and forms and then builds upon these to create a visual exploration of the common links of humanity and the abundance of attributes that set us all apart.

For her show "Life and Times" the artist will be exhibiting a collection of her well known ceramic faces. The artist is exploring the figurative motif further in original paintings, whereas, unlike her monochromatic ceramics, these paintings contrast with their bold colour palette. Kyriakou's show promises to offer a lovely contrast and layer to those already familiar with her work.

To RSVP and/or sign up for a preview of Louise Kyriakou's Exhibition with SWP, please fill out our Small Wall Project Mailing List form here!

NATHAN JUREVICIUS "SOUND AND VISION" OPENING / "KURT COBAIN" AND "NICK CAVE" NEW PRINTS

We had a great opening last weekend when Nathan Jurevicius who was out from Canada for the opening of his “Sound and Vision” exhibition. The show, installed quite differently than our usual exhibitions, consisted of 94 original artworks all clipped/pinned onto our gallery walls making the space look very much like an artist's studio meets fashion house.

Over half of the works have already been snapped up, but there is some great originals still available (all priced between $80 and $200). Click HERE to see the full show.

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