Cornelius Quabeck
23 Jan - 21 Feb 2009
CORNELIUS QUABECK
"C Monster"
23 January - 21 February, 2009
Gallery Hours: 11:00-19:00 Tue. - Sat. Closed on Sun., Mon., and Public Holidays
Reception for the Artist: Friday 23 January 6-8pm
No Pun intended!
In recent years I’ve been working on a group of paintings that focus on fictional characters. As an artist I’ve always dealt with public imagery from newspapers to record covers to books and cartoons.
A while ago though I decided to try and imagine a figure in painting like fictional writers do in books instead of reproducing and interpreting given imagery.
For my forthcoming solo show at Taro Nasu Gallery I selected and regrouped new works from my studio of the last two years.
Together these works build a fantastic world where each depicted character might be a hero or villain depending on the viewer’s reading. Being a picture show it does not offer the structure of narration that we experience when reading a book turning page after page.
Hopefully though this show will manage to create a book momento equivalent to what lovers of literature would call a "great novel.“
Cornelius Quabeck 2008
"C Monster"
23 January - 21 February, 2009
Gallery Hours: 11:00-19:00 Tue. - Sat. Closed on Sun., Mon., and Public Holidays
Reception for the Artist: Friday 23 January 6-8pm
No Pun intended!
In recent years I’ve been working on a group of paintings that focus on fictional characters. As an artist I’ve always dealt with public imagery from newspapers to record covers to books and cartoons.
A while ago though I decided to try and imagine a figure in painting like fictional writers do in books instead of reproducing and interpreting given imagery.
For my forthcoming solo show at Taro Nasu Gallery I selected and regrouped new works from my studio of the last two years.
Together these works build a fantastic world where each depicted character might be a hero or villain depending on the viewer’s reading. Being a picture show it does not offer the structure of narration that we experience when reading a book turning page after page.
Hopefully though this show will manage to create a book momento equivalent to what lovers of literature would call a "great novel.“
Cornelius Quabeck 2008