Miles Hall : Pigmentum MMXVI

Miles Hall Pigmentum MMXVI 23 Nov – 21 Dec 2016

MILES HALL

PIGMENTUM MMXVI

At the height of the Italian qua<rocento, the prosperity of Venice was considerably strengthened by the sale of oltremare de venecia (VeneGan overseas goods). Imported products such as pepper, ginger, nutmeg and cloves found themselves combined with local ingredients that re-invigorated culinary and medical tradiGons. Importantly, the trade of spices provided an entry point for arGsts’ pigments and the golden age of Italian painGng has a certain debt to the colours made from pigments that came from contacts established with eastern and middle-eastern civilisaGons.

While we don’t know whether Piero della Francesca ever relished a sugo di carni from Bologna, seasoned with cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, we are certain (via the analysis of his painGngs) that he had access to a diverse range of foreign pigments such as vermilion, verdigris, cinnabar, orpiment, azurite blue and the most famous pigment - ultramarine blue, made from imported lapis lazuli mined in what is today known as Afghanistan. Similar to the transmutaGons occurring in the kitchens of the Italian peninsula, Piero della Francesco incorporated foreign pigments with locally sourced materials such as yellow ochre, raw and burnt umber, vine black and red earth. More than five centuries later, Piero’s painGngs conGnue to touch us through their chromaGc beauty, formal elegance and economy of means.

In this way the history of pigments is also the history of cultures, people, trade and the relaGons established between different socieGes. These small, modestly sized works enGtled PIGMENTUM MMXVI have found their inspiraGon through research into the history of the silk roads, augmented by a love for colour and the desire to bring pigments from diverse horizons into new configuraGons and visual dialogues. In a world that is increasingly characterised by the control of boarders, refugees, discriminaGon and intolerance, I hope that these painGngs, in their own small way, can celebrate the beauty of what can occur when disparate things collide.

Miles Hall

Montpellier, November 2016

Pigmentum (Siraf Violet) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Ural Crimson) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Alexandrian Turquoise) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Athenian Blue) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Sopara Violet) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Tabriz Turquoise) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Vijaya Grey Blue) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Nisa Grey) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Siraf Violet) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Berenike Blue) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Madurai Green) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Karakum Peach) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Jerusalem Brown Pink) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Chendu Rouge) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Baghdad Violet) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Memphis Pink) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Isfahan Rouge) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Baku Midnight Blue) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Pigmentum (Hadera Blue) (2016) Oil on polyester canvas on dibond panel 21 x 16 x 3 cm $1,100

Miles Hall CV

Born Canberra, Australia 1974 Currently works in Montpellier, France and lectures at l’Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Montpellier www.miles-hall.com STUDIES 2010 • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Queensland College of Art, Grif th University 2005 • Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique DNSEP avec ‘félicitations’ du jury (Masters equivalent) Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France 1997 • Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) Painting Major Queensland College of Art, Grif th University 1995 • Diploma of Fine Art (Painting and Drawing) Recipient of the John Olsen Scholarship The Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 • Pigmentum MMXVI, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane 2016 • In Situe, Vaison la Romaine, in coordination with Galerie AL/MA 2015 • Solid Liquid States, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane 2014 • Miles Hall : Dialogues with Drawing, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton.

• Détrempe et Tourage, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane • CLEMENTINE MMXIV, MOP Projects,Sydney • Related Parts, Arteral Gallery, Sydney 2013 • Miles Hall EDGE, Galerie AL/MA, Montpellier, France 2011 • Miles Hall 2011, Ray Hughes Gallery at Metro Arts, Brisbane 2010 • Three Part Painting, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney • Miles Hall Selected Works 2007-2010, Queensland College of Art, Grif th University 2009 • Miles Hall I New Work, Galerie AL/MA, Montpellier, France • Dirty Drawings, Evan Hughes Gallery, Sydney 2007 • A Gentleman from Maleny, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier, France (funded by French Minister of Culture to represent Australia in cordination with world cup rugby) • Norton Blue, Queensland College of Art Galleria, Brisbane 2006 • Miles Hall, Galerie Jean Yves Franch Font, Montpellier, France.

2005 • In Between-Spaces, Galerie Jean Yves Franch Font, Montpellier, France • DNSEP Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 • About Elsworth Kelly, Chateau d’Assas, Le Vigan • Potentially Painting, Stacks Gallery, Sydney 2015 • The Dreams our Stuff is Made of, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia 2014 • Direction Now, Touring exhibition, Australia • Collection de Gilles Balmet, Centre d’art le VOG de Fontaine • Certain Abstract Things, from the Grif th University Art Collection, Brisbane • Beautiful Drawing - A History of the JADA drawing award, Grafton Regional Gallery • Drawing Abroad, Gallery Eight, Sydney • 15 Artists Retrospective, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery.

2013 • The Art of Sound, Caboolture Regional Gallery • Special Moves, MOP Gallery, Sydney • NEW 3, Selected Recent Aquisitions, UQ Art Museum • Interprative Matter, Caboolture Regional Gallery 2012 • Dix Ans, Gallery AL/MA, Montpellier, France • JADA Jacaranda Annual Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery (Winner) • Padington Art Prize, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney • Redlands Art Prize, Redlands Regional Gallery 2011 • 6th International Drawing Biennale, Melbourne (First Prize) • SKETCH Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico, by New York based curators D3 • The Kids Are Alright, The Paper Mill, Sydney • Group Show, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney • Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery (Winner) • Chapman & Bailey Art Prize, Metro Arts, Brisbane (Winner) …/2

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• JADA Jacaranda Annual Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery • Five years later..., La Menuiserie, Rodez, France • Twelve Degrees of Latitude, Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Qld (touring) • Painting Group Show, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney • Paths to Abstraction, Redcliffe City Gallery • Temperature II New Queensland Art, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane • New Order, Redcliffe City Gallery, Redcliffe • Artworkers Alliance Prize, Metro Arts, Brisbane (Winner) • Truth to Materials, Boxcopy, Brisbane • The BIG Drawing Show, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney • Peel Island, Queensland College of Art Galleria, Brisbane • Shandong University Art Museum, China • Cherry Blossom, Galerie AL/MA, Montpellier, France • Inauguration Show, Evan Hughes Gallery, Sydney • Group Show with Peter Powtich, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney • Launch, Metro Arts/Clayton Utz, Brisbane • 10 Artists, Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery, Redcliffe (Winner) 2005 • Il ne faut pas courir dans l’atelier, La Menuiserie, Rodez, France • Sans Titre, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France • Avalon- Artists in Residence, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane • è pericoloso sporgersi, La Gare Médiateque, Pignan, France • Entre la Science et l’Art, IFRAMER, Séte, France

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Dupont, Laurent, HMK a Tribute to Elsworth Kelly in catalogue ‘About Elsworth Kelly’ Le Vigan 2016 Lynn, Victoria, ‘Direction Now’ exhibition catalogue 2014 Linger-Gaillard, Inge et al., ‘Collection Gilles Balmet’ Gargallo, Vriginie, Artists Interview in www.designdotdesign.com McCarthy, Carrie, Miles Hall: Solid Liquid States in Cultural Flanerie, Sept 2015 Jonathan McBurnie ‘Special Moves’, MOP, 2013 Christelle Colberati, ‘Miles Hall ou l’Art en Kit’, LifeProof, 14 March 2013 Helmrich,Michele, NEW 3 Selected Recent Aquisitions, UofQ Art Museum, 2013 Lauren Suto, ‘Miles Hall - Worlds Apart’, BMag#214, 4 September 2012 Laëtitia Bazelly, ‘Miles Hall; La Douceur à l’Etat Brut, ArtsThree, 23 March 2011 Nina Shadforth, ‘Artists Pro le: Miles Hall’, Cultivate, Issue#1, February 2011 John MacDonald, ‘Spectrum Arts’, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec18-19 2010 Meredith Berrill, ‘Rorschach Butter y: The Work of Miles Hall’ The Art Life, 10 Dec 2010 Maxime Gayraud, ‘Rodez Culture’ Midi Libre Rodez, 10 Juillet 2010 Miles Hall, ‘The Anatomy of an Image: Painting in the Digital Age’, Grif th University, 2010 Tim Morrell, ‘Abstraction’ in ‘Interpretive Matter’, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, 2010 Alison Kubler, ‘New Queensland Art’, Art World Magazine, April/May 2009 Tim Morrell, ‘Queensland: The Unreal Australia’ in ‘Temperature2:New Queensland Art’, MOB, 2009 Louise Martin-Chew, ‘Arts’, Courier-Mail, 12 February 2009 Bettina MacAulay, ‘Twelve Degrees of Latitude Catalogue’, Museum and Gallery Services, 2009 Lani Burton, ‘New Order’, Redcliffe City Gallery, 2009 Pat Hof e, ‘Miles Hall’ in ‘The Peel Island Artist Residencies’, Grif th University 2009 Laurent Orsini, ‘Les Monochromes de Miles Hall’, Midi Libre Montpellier, 11 Septembre 2007 Virginie Moreau, ‘ExpoCulture(s)’ Hérault Juridique, 13 Septembre 2007 SELECTED AWARDS AND PRIZES Australia Council Cité des Arts Paris residency, JADA Drawing Prize Grafton Regional Gallery, 6th Inter- national Drawing Biennale Polish Art Foundation, Sunshine Coast Art Award, Chapman & Bailey Art Prize, Art Workers Alliance Art Prize, 10 Redcliff City Art Gallery, Earthwatch International artists residency, John Olsen Scholarship JAAS. …/3

COLLECTIONS Artbank, University of Queensland Art Museum, Caboolture Regional Gallery, Griffith University Art Collection, Redcliffe Regional Gallery, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, The Julian Ashton Art School, Shakespeare and Company France, Polish Art Foundation, Ecole Supérieur des Beaux-Arts Montpellier France, Shandon University China, Wesly Hospital, Lexus Motor Company, Earthwatch International USA, James Hardy Library of Australian Fine Arts, State Library of Queensland, Private Collections, Australia, Europe, Israël, Asia, USA.

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