‘Contemporary Painting’ sees Gallery 9 fulfil its original intention to exhibit Sydney and overseas-based artists in Melbourne. The exhibition presents the latest works of six artists whose individual practices involve, although not solely, painting. Collectively there is great diversity amongst these artists’ works and each artist in the exhibition was selected to present the multifarious approaches to painting being explored by contemporary artists.
Aside from this intention to exhibit a wide range of painting, the exhibition does not inherently imply curatorial aims nor provide a catalogue essay describing one. However, in showing these Gallery 9 represented artists, it may be possible to recognise curious and intriguing points of similarity between their works and these further reinforce why this particular grouping of artists has been chosen.
Gallery 9 at fortyfivedownstairs
May 7 to 18, 2013
Melbourne
Tonee Messiah, Weight Of Tradition, 2013, oil on canvas, 121 x 121cm
Courtesy the artists and Gallery 9
