Dirty Three's Mick Turner Exhibiting in Sydney

Famed as the laconic guitarist from the Dirty Three, Mick Turner has been a painter most of his life. Instantly recognizable, his works are mysterious narrations involving a menagerie of iconic characters moved by and moving in intractable landscapes of gestural marks. His paintings are well known as the cover art for all seven Dirty Three albums as well as being collected overseas and in Australia.

While Turner's art has a strong history of naivism, his paintings also have connections to shimmering 19th century impressionism and pop art; the acrylic paint lending a wry flatness to the narration. The events in Turner's paintings are often dreamlike and illogical, with emotion the overriding focus. Remarkable is Turner's real engagement with the Australian landscape, depicted as a free, wild place where anything may happen, where the most ordinary of scenes or events can be miraculous or astonishing.

This exhibition is part of Sydney/Melbourne gallery swap project – a unique event in the Australian art calendar. Sydney's blank_space gallery initiated the gallery swap by posting a note on their web-site. BRIGHTSPACE from St Kilda, Melbourne thought it would be a great opportunity to take a new Mick Turner show North as his Melbourne show in March had been a sell-out.

New Works - Canvas, Print & Bronze

Opening: Thursday 19 October (6 – 8pm)
Dates:19 – 23 October 2006
Opening Hours 11am – 6pm (Thursday - Monday)
Gallery Details: blank_space Gallery, 374 Crown St, Surry Hills, Sydney

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