Collector Spotlight – 2017 (Aaron Kinnane Preview)

REDOT FINE ART GALLERY presents

Collector Spotlight – 2017 Aaron Kinnane Preview

2 January – 4 February 2017

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Collector Spotlight – 2017: Aaron Kinnane ReDot Fine Art Gallery opens its 2017 exhibition schedule with an exciting collection of new works by upcoming and highly collectable Australian artist Aaron Kinnane, in what will be a “small” teaser to his first ever solo show in Singapore in October 2017.

In conjunction with the art celebration surrounding Art Stage 2017 during the course of January, this showcase is combined with a regular changing hang of collectable Australian contemporary art for collectors and art aficionados alike.

Collector Spotlight – 2017 is a collection of 12 new oil paintings on canvas by Aaron and a rotating salon hang of over 30 additional works from some of Australia’s most accomplished and renowned artistic talents both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

The exhibition will herald a merging of opposing Australian art forms, opening up a dialogue about the interconnectivity of modern Australia and its more fragile Indigenous heritage via the usage of mediums ranging from acrylic and oil on canvas, wooden artefacts, bronze and steel sculptures and even reclaimed environmental materials all blending harmoniously into one collectors paradise.

In Aaron’s own words, he “engages with painting in its purest form to perpetuate his effervescent vision of the natural world. Visceral layers of paint form sublime and atmospheric landscapes that are at once sullen and savage, bleak and beautiful, heavy, desolate and wildly alive. The resulting aesthetic equilibrium spawns a purification that pushes the viewer beyond a physical and visual appreciation of the works into a metaphysical meditation.”

The salon exhibition begins on Monday 2 January and runs until Saturday 4 February 2017. It will highlight several key recent and past works, exciting new initiatives that the Gallery will be involved in throughout the year, which range from first ever exhibitions for several new artists who have become part of our widening stable of artists over the last 18 months and a museum show in the summer of 2017.

Giorgio Pilla Director ReDot Fine Art Gallery

Left Page: Aaron Kinnane in his Studio Source: © Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

Aaron Kinnane in his Studio Source: © Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane Text: © Elli Walsh, Arthouse Gallery

Aaron KINNANE Birth Date Place of Birth

1977 Australia

Aaron Kinnane engages with painting in its purest form to perpetuate his effervescent vision of the natural world. Visceral layers of paint form sublime and atmospheric landscapes that are at once sullen and savage, bleak and beautiful, heavy and, desolate and wildly alive. The resulting aesthetic equilibrium spawns a purification that pushes the viewer beyond a physical and visual appreciation of the works into a metaphysical meditation.

The artist gives significance to form through a palette knife, eliminating, synthesising and ultimately modelling his abstractions. A restricted palette of hand-mixed mauve, grey-green, bone, violet and black form the visual language of the works, becoming both surface and object: their sides, their corners, the weight of the paint are as much a part of the work as the image itself. Through the multitude of topographies tacitly evoked, the works incite an ambiguous mixture of reverie and nihility.

Lavish layers of midnight navies, hand-mixed mauves, icy blues, arctic greys and army greens reconstruct impressions from the artist’s subconscious. The images appear as hazy recollections, revenant visions lingering in the liminal space between form and formlessness. Tempestuous, wintry folds of oil conjure stormy seas, snowy fields, rugged cliffs and grassy wilderness – atmospheric landscapes that oscillate between abstraction and representation. Bruised and scarred topographies exude feelings of isolation, yet it is a contented solitude that speaks not of despair but of hope.

Aaron’s long-time love of music is embedded in his work, the artist having grown up in Newcastle with the guys from Silverchair and travelled through India with Ben Lee and Missy Higgins. His new works continue this interplay between the visual and the audible, not only literally (Aaron always paints to music), but also tropologically – his palette knife like a conductor’s baton orchestrating different tonalities, from sonorous bass through to the feathery stokes of tenor. This lyrical language leaves the viewer to speculate their own truth based not only on what they see but what they feel.

For Aaron, the process of creating these paintings layer after layer was like traversing his own emotional landscape, since according to him ‘‘every emotional nuance felt during that time is now on each canvas.’’

Education 1998 B.A.V.A, Newcastle University 2000-01 Assistant to Sandro Chia, Italy

Collections Harriett & Richard England Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

The Australian Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

The Arthur Roe Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Awards 2016 Finalist – Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize - Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Finalist - NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize - NSW Parliament House,

Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2015 Finalist – Wynne Prize - Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Finalist – Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize - Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2014 Finalist – Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize - Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Public Commission 2012 Main entrance of Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2016 Return to Eden on a dark horse - Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2015 Winter Passing, Milk Moon Rising - Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Studio Show (in association with Art Month) - Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2014 Sunset Studies - Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2011 In The Night Garden, when extraordinary things happen to ordinary people pt.2 Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

2010 When Extraordinary Things Happen To Ordinary People - Iain Dawson Gallery,

Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2009 The Bandit Moon and the Bastard Son - Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2008 Art Melbourne (New Generation Stand), Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Circadian Rhythm - Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2006 Seven steps soft of heaven - John Miller Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

2005 Ships will carry me - Pepperina Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2017 Collector Spotlight 2017 – ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore.

2015 Wynne Prize - Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize - Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Unfolding Splendour - Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2014 Under the Sun - Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

The Art Hunter – Contemporary Art Now - The Cool Hunter, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2013 Signal 8 Summer show - The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.

Clipboard show - Robyn Gibson Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2012 Signal 8 Summer show - The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.

Windows by Design - L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

2011 Wattle - Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.

2010 Fifa World Cup 2010 Fine Art Exhibition, South Africa and Berlin.

2009 800/50 - Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2008 Food For Thought - NG Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2007 Let Them Roam - Harrison Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2006 The Story Teller - Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Paper Works - Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2004 one moment - Church Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

2003 Josephine Jean and the Ladies of the Sea - John Miller Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

2001 I promised you a portrait - Starfish Gallery, Bondi, NSW, Australia.

2000 Scooter Crash - The Pasta Show, Montalcino, Italy.

1998 Soup - Church Street Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Aaron Kinnane Working in Murrah Studio

Source: © Photos Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

Aaron KINNANE Down by the River Oil on Linen 225 x 185cm AK201612017

This artwork is part of the Murrah series.

‘Return to Eden’ Series

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Source: © Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse (Horse Head Rock) Oil on Linen 180 x 190cm AK201611009

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXVII (27) Oil on Linen 100 x 80cm AK201612015

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXVIII (28) Oil on Linen 100 x 80cm AK201612016

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XX (20) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201611008

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXI (21) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201611007

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXII (22) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201612011

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXIV (24) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201612012

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXV (25) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201612013

Aaron KINNANE Return to Eden on a Dark Horse XXVI (26) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201612014

Aaron Kinnane’s Work Desk Source: © Photos Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

Aaron KINNANE Into the Mystic, Blue Mountains Oil on Linen 70 x 70cm AK201604005

Aaron KINNANE Gloucester, River Run (Cool Clean Water) Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201604004

Aaron KINNANE The Tempest III Oil on Linen 54 x 48cm AK201602003

Aaron KINNANE The Tempest Archival Pigment Print - Edition of 30 90 x 80cm AK201612010P

The original painting was selected as a finalist in the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize in 2016.

Aaron Kinnane’s Studio in Sydney

Source: © Photos Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

With special thanks to Aaron Kinnane

Source: Š Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

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