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Metro Gallery

Locality: Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9500 8511

Address: 1214 High Street Armadale 3143 Armadale, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.metrogallery.com.au

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23.01.2022 WE ARE OPEN! Metro is open again to the public, with Louis Pratt’s exhibition ‘Future Nostalgia’ of recent sculpture and glass etchings now on display. Pratt’s latest body of work explores the relationship between new digital technologies, early photography, and centuries-old tradition of bronze casting.... Louis Pratt is a Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes sculpture, painting, moving image, and new media. Pratt’s works have been included in a number of important surveys of contemporary sculpture and he is a recipient of numerous awards and prizes for his work. For further information on Louis Pratt and his current exhibition, please contact [email protected], or call 03 9500 8511. @louispratt.artist #sculpture #artexhibitions #artsales #bronze #etchings

23.01.2022 ON SHOW NOW METRO SUMMER 2020 Metro’s annual end-of-the-year Summer exhibition is now on show! Featuring small- to medium-size paintings, works on paper, graphics, photography, sculpture, and ceramics by selected represented and invited artists. Strategic additions to established collections; judicious acquisitions for budding collectors; and perfect "must-have" stocking fillers forthe summer season.____________________ FEATURED ARTISTS:... ADNATE Kane ALEXANDER Carlos BARRIOS BLEK LE RAT John BRACK Donovan CHRISTIE Martin CLAYDON Joshua COCKING Dianne GALL Tom GERRARD Dean HOME Kathleen KNGALE David LAITY David MILNE James MONEY Mali MOIR John OLSEN Louis PRATT Matthew QUICK Saxon QUINN Llewellyn SKYE Loribelle SPIROVSKI Jim THALASSOUDIS Clare TOMS Aidan WEICHARD Jackie WIRRAMANDA Anthony WHITE Raymond YOUNG Metro Summer 2020 will be on show until 19 December.

22.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS | Donovan Christie. Metro Gallery is proud to congratulate Donovan Christie on becoming a finalist in the Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize for Landscape Painting. @berminghamprize This particular prize runs every three years, and aims to celebrate excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium. Winners will be announced this November. @donovan_christie We are lucky at Metro to have a couple of excellent works available by Christie, please s...croll through to view our picks. Details are below. Featured works: 'Eve's Emporium', 2020 Watercolour on Paper 55 x 75 cm N/A Not Bad, 2018 Oil on linen panel 18 x 23 cm; 30.5 x 38 cm (framed) A Slice of Life, 2018 Oil on linen 90 x 120 cm If you would like to enquire into what available work we have by Christie, please email us at [email protected] or call (03) 9500 8511. See more

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Llewellyn Skye for being announced as winner of Art Lovers Australia's 2021 Abstract Art Award for her work 'Crazy For You'. Skye has exhibited in over 50 exhibitions and 10 solo shows, and her work can be found in public and private collections throughout Australia and abroad. Skye has also been awarded the BLA Award and highly commended in the John Olsen drawing prize, a painting residency in Italy and various notable public commissions. Metro is delighte...d to be hosting an exhibition of new works by Llewellyn Skye in May 2021. To join Skye's pre-sale list, send us a DM with your name and email address. For all enquiries, please contact [email protected] (Image courtesy of the artist) @llewellyn_skye_art #artprize #artloversaustralia #australianartists #abstractart #abstraction

17.01.2022 Featured Work & Partnership Announcement | The Gardeners by Tom Gerrard Now Available on Artsy. @tom_gerrard_ @artsy Metro is excited to announce it has now partnered with leading online art platform ARTSY. Artsy is invitation-only for galleries, and offers all art buyers a variety of enviable services that we believe will be an asset to our collectors and artists. Not only does Artsy aid in the globalisation of our gallery and artists, it is also utilising cutting edge t...echnology to aid in your art collecting process. Metro encourages all of our clients to join Artsy now (if they haven't already), and wants to make sure you're all following the Metro Gallery profile to ensure you're the first to have access to new works as they are listed every Thursday. Our first feature is 'The Gardeners' by Tom Gerrard. Tom Gerrard’s art career started in the mid-90s where his art could be found on the streets of Melbourne, Australia. These days, he’s globally known for painting simplified characters, architecture and nature using a minimal colour palette. The elements that make up his paintings are inspired by people he’s seen and places he’s been. Tom Gerrard The Gardeners, 2018 Acrylic, spray paint, china pencil and ink on board Tasmanian oak frame 122 x 152 cm For all enquiries please contact [email protected], send us a DM or call us on (03) 9500 8511. See more

16.01.2022 'Elohim Powers' by David MILNE (Acrylic on Irish linen, 2020, 91 x 91 cm, $4500) Coming to Metro Gallery on February 24th is 'Spiritualisation of the Matter', an exhibition of recent paintings and sculpture by David Milne.... Milne’s abstract compositions demonstrate his understanding of colour, line, and shape that has been developed and refined over more than fifty decades of his artistic career. The symbols and patterns within Milne’s works combine his interest in the seventeenth-century engravings on the subject of alchemy with an acute awareness of Modernist, Constructivist, and Contemporary aesthetic trends. The Scottish-born David Milne has been living and working in Australia since the late 1960s. He has held over thirty solo exhibitions, including a survey exhibition, which was organised by Museum Victoria and toured nationally between 1993 and 1996. To view the full catalogue of works from Saxon's exhibition, send us a DM or email us at [email protected] #davidmilne #artexhibitions #artsales #melbourneartists

16.01.2022 METRO GALLERY TEMPORARY CLOSURE In line with the Stage Four Restrictions, Metro Gallery will be closed from midnight Friday, 12 February 2021 to midnight Wednesday, 17 February 2021. We will remain accessible via our email, phone, and all social media channels during our usual business hours.... Tue-Sat 10-5 Sat 11-5 We hope that you and your loved ones stay safe and well during this time

15.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS Loribelle Spirovski on becoming a finalist in the 2020 Lester Prize for Portraiture! Winners will be announced late October, and the works will be on display at @artgallerywa @thelesterprize Please see full details on her work below - Featured Work: Ecce Homo Loribelle Spirovski... @loribellespirovski 123 x 93 Oil on linen See more

15.01.2022 Metro News - September Edition Available Now! - https://mailchi.mp/d021ce238b5e/metro-news Announcing Loribelle Spirovski's Pre-Sale for her Upcoming Solo Show & Metro's Partnership with Artsy, Featuring Tom Gerrard's The Gardeners - available on Artsy now!

13.01.2022 Last Chance to Join! The pre-sale for 'Happy, happy, joy, joy' by Loribelle Spirovski @loribellespirovski opens this Friday at 12pm. It's not too late to join, send your name and email to [email protected] or by DM to ensure you don't miss out. All members of the pre-sale will not only have access to an exclusive preview of the works included in Loribelle's third solo show at Metro Gallery, they will also have the opportunity to secure a work prior to the exhibition becoming available to the public on October 14th. Details on how the pre-sale will work will be released tomorrow. 'Happy, happy, joy, joy' will open officially on the 14th of October and will run until the 7th November. Make sure you're following Metro on Artsy to take advantage of the exhibition viewing room.

11.01.2022 NOW SHOWING: WALPA WINAKA (To Burn and Leave) by Robby Wirramanda and Jackie Wirramanda. This exhibition is open to the public and will be on display until November 28. Make sure you stop by the gallery to view Robby and Jackie’s breathtaking works in person. @lake_tyrrell_arts ________________ Burning the land removes toxins and growth inhibitors which in turn allows our country to regenerate and remain healthy. We can use the same method in our lives like a seasonal burn... to achieve the same outcome. At times, burning off in our mind and our lives will see the loss of possessions, relationships and sometimes even family members. However, in time they will be replaced with something healthier. - Robby Wirramanda ________________ For all enquiries, please contact at [email protected], call 03 9500 8511, or send us a DM here. See more

10.01.2022 'Sad Face' by LOUIS PRATT (Laser etched glass, oil paint and metal leaf with plywood support and frame, 53 x 35 x 3.5 cm, $550) This work perfectly summarises how we feel about not being able to share Louis Pratt's current exhibition, 'Future Nostalgia', with you in person... In light of Victoria's current lockdown, we will be extending Pratt's show until July 3rd, where his works will feature among our much-anticipated 20th anniversary group exhibition.... You can still view all the works in 'Future Nostalgia' via our website from the comfort of your home, and our art consultants are by the phone/email if you have any questions. Continue reading for a few words from Pratt about his glass etchings: "In this show, I draw on past materials, techniques and reimagine them for the questions of the near future. The glass etching works page homage to another time in history - that of early photography... The etchings employ iconography that is part of our 21st century, while drawing on a combination of traditional techniques and laser technology." - @louispratt.artist To read more about Pratt's process of creation, visit our website. #louispratt #glassetching #photography #sadface #lockdownblues

08.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS Joshua Cocking on becoming a finalist in the 2020 Lester Prize for Portraiture! @thelesterprize This is now the 6th time Cocking has been awarded a finalist in this prestigious prize, which will be on display at @artgallerywa This year's work is titled 'Making Plants' (A Portrait of Franque). Winners will be announced later October, please see a statement on the work by the artist below - 'On one hand it’s a painting of my neighbour Franque holding a pool toy... wrapped in alfoil. On the other hand it’s a painting about issues I think are important to discuss in this country like colonisation and inherited history. But that’s the beauty and paradox of art. It can talk about various things simultaneously. I wanted to create an archaic Australian diorama. Through visual graftings of everything that influences me inside and outside of the studio on a daily basis. Anchored in Australian art history, the colonial paintings serve as a backdrop to some bizarre contemporary landscape based performance. Which is what we’re all doing really, dancing on the stage of our country's history.' Featured Work: 'Making Plants' (A Portrait of Franque) Joshua Cocking @joshcockingart Oil on linen

07.01.2022 LOUIS PRATT ~ FUTURE NOSTALGIA Thank you to all who made it on Wednesday evening to the opening of Louis Pratt’s exhibition ‘Future Nostalgia’. Unfortunately following the latest advice from the Victorian government, the gallery will be closed to the public until the current lockdown is lifted. ... Pratt’s exhibition is available to view online, and our staff remain reachable via email or phone during usual gallery hours (10am-5pm). Stay safe and see you soon GET IN TOUCH: E: [email protected] P: 03 9500 8511

06.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS Loribelle Spirovski on becoming a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award, Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. The exhibition of finalists is on display at S. H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney, and closes this weekend. @shervingallery Please see full details on her work below - Image Details: The Reader Loribelle Spirovski... @loribellespirovski 153 x 123 cm Oil on linen See more

06.01.2022 COMING SOON: METRO SUMMER 2020 Metro is looking forward to sharing with you our final exhibition of the year, Metro Summer 2020, which will include a wide array of works by selected gallery artists. Our traditional annual summer exhibition will encompass a selection of more than 50 art works from various mediums, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, works on paper, and photographs. Metro Summer 2020 will be on display to the public from the 2 - 19 December.... For all enquiries please send us a DM or email us at [email protected] FEATURED WORK: Martin Claydon Cezannes Gravity, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 51 x 66 cm @martin_claydon_painter #painting #cezanne #stilllife #australianartists #apples #artsales #metrosummer2020

06.01.2022 FINAL DAY - 'Hue to Hold' by Llewellyn Skye It's the last day of 'Hue to Hold', an exhibition of recent paintings by Queensland artist Llewellyn Skye. Stop by the gallery so you don't miss it! To view a full copy of the exhibition catalogue, visit our website or email [email protected]... @llewellyn_skye_art #artexhibitions #artsales #abstractpainting #melbournegallery

05.01.2022 NEW WORKS: JORNA NEWBERRY There's much excitement in the gallery today as we have received five new works by Pitjantjatjara artist Jorna Newberry. Jorna's works are breathtaking displays of contemporary indigenous art; Using a subtle and sophisticated colour palette of whites and creams, her paintings portray in exquisite detail the story of the Perentie Lizard, a significant reptile to Aboriginal culture. The circular patterning and intricate dotting depict the Perentie liza...rd's unique skin, while the swirling designs represent the tracks of the animals and the contours of the landscape. Following Jorna's February exhibition at Metro, we are fortunate to also have several additional works of varying sizes. Stop by the gallery to view these important works in person, or get in touch with us at [email protected] and we'll send you more information. #jornanewberry #indigenousart #aboriginalartist #artsales #womanartists #melbournegallery #aboriginalart #perentielizard

03.01.2022 'What will get you up tomorrow' by Saxon QUINN (Mixed media, 83 x 113 cm, $2,700) Metro Gallery is excited to present 'Only One in the Room', an exhibition of recent paintings, sculpture, and installation works by SAXON QUINN, opening Wednesday 24th February.... Like so many artists, Saxon had created this body of work during the period of Melbourne’s 2020 lockdown whilst in physicalas well as spiritualisolation. Only one in the room acts as my daily meditation, a way to battle my demons and calm my inner thoughts. From sketching shapes in my notepad and pouring cement, to forcefully making myself wait 48 hours whilst the cement sets, all work as a calming ritual. Everything stops during these moments and nothing else matters" - @saxonjjquinn To view the full catalogue of works from Saxon's exhibition, send us a DM or email us at [email protected] #artexhibitions #exhibitionopening #melbourneartists #artsales #urbanart

01.01.2022 SHOWING NOW Jorna NEWBERRY Metro is honored to be showing 'Ngintaka - Perenti', an exhibition of recent works by Pitjantjatjara woman Jorna Newberry (b. 1959). Based in Alice Springs, Jorna paints about her country, referring to its topographical vastness and the rich history of ancestral stories that are embedded in the land. Jorna's paintings speak of the sacred Tjukurrpa of Aboriginal people, passed down through generations via the stories and songs of the old people tha...t travelled across the country. "For tribal people from the desert, their Tjukurrpa is sacrosanct. Tjukurrpa is a paradigm like art or law or science. Tjukurrpa gives order and meaning to Aboriginal society. It explains how Aboriginal people came to be and the details of the spirit ancestors responsible for the creation of everything. For them Tjukurrpa is not a metaphor, it exists". - Ken McGregor, 2021 ___________________________ Jorna NEWBERRY 'Ngintaka-Perentie', 2019 Synthetic polymer on linen 122 x 182 cm $9,500 For all enquiries into Jorna Newberry’s works, send us a DM or email us at [email protected] #jornanewberry #artexhibitions #artsales #indigigenousart #aboriginalart #aborigionalartists #tjukurrpa #perentie

01.01.2022 'Abundant Desire' by LLEWELLYN SKYE (Oil on canvas in oak frame, 152 x 123 cm, $4,800) In the spirit of valentine's day, Metro is excited to share with you this work by Llewellyn Skye that has recently arrived in the gallery. ... Skye's bold and vibrant works are floral abstractions that capture the excitement of new love. Combining gestural brush strokes with bold colours, Skye's expressive bouquets emulate the intensity, surprises and imperfections of romance... The artist's solo exhibition, Hue to Hold, will take place at Metro Gallery from 4 to 22 May. Make sure you're following us to receive further details in the coming months. For all enquiries, email [email protected] #valentinesday #artsales #figurativeabstraction #australianart #floralpaintings #expressiveart #femaleartists