Creancey Mornings - Aaron Kinnane Solo by ReDot Fine Art Gallery

REDOT FINE ART GALLERY presents

Créancey Mornings Aaron Kinnane Solo

7 May – 27 May 2018

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Creancey Mornings - Aaron Kinnane Solo ReDot Fine Art Gallery is honoured to be able to showcase a new series of works by the very hip and the very happening Aaron Kinnane, one of Australia’s brightest contemporary artist. 19 works, executed during a recent overseas residency in the beautiful Burgundy region of France, in a magical castle in the idyllic town of Créancey are a testament to Aaron’s growing talent, which has seen him have sell-out shows consistently over the last few years. Those of you familiar with the gallery will know that we have steadfastly championed and focused our attention on Indigenous art for many years now. This journey, however, has recently bought us to a new crossroads.

An extremely exciting one at that, a crossroads where we have been able to carefully merge and nurture a dialogue between old and new, Indigenous and Contemporary, traditional and modern… Aaron seamlessly fits into this dialogue, adding context to complex artistic discussions. Whilst his oeuvres are stunningly pleasing on the eye, they are also deep in meaning and sub-plots – insisting attention from the viewing public to understand the world Aaron sees and paints. The residency in late 2017 to me signals a fresh turning point in Aaron’s progression as an artist. The works continue to build on the maturity of the quietly spoken and very respectful man that he is. Parisienne paints, rural canvases, cheap local wine, new friendships all seem to have influenced these works, now seemingly more bold, extra release and passion in the gestural strokes. Increased awareness and self-confidence perhaps, or maybe I am just reading more into them than I should? Who knows…? Perhaps he has found a place where the harmony envelopes the very core of his artistic practice and guides and encourages his bold strides forward, towards an inevitability of greatness. We are very proud that Aaron has chosen us here to help expand the “gospel” that is Aaron Kinnane and we are very excited too to share these striking and breath-taking works with an audience that will quickly, I believe, come to realise why Aaron is now amongst Australia’s most important and collectable young living artists. I look forward to our mutual journey forward from here.

Giorgio Pilla Director ReDot Fine Art Gallery

Left Page: Painting En Plein Air in Creancey, Moving Easel Pulled by Tractor. Source: © Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

Aaron Kinnane in his Studio Source: ÂŠ Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

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.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness... I have witnessed the rapid seasonal change from summer greens, rich red earth and blue cobalt skies to flushing gold red Autumn forests. One last boast of beauty before the country slips into a melancholic mist of grey. Romance… thick fog and thicket fences, castles perched and chateau’s abandon fill their stone walls with winter breath, whispering tales and tragedies of Bourgogne. The people are kind and accommodating… not at all the stereotype. I drink with local farmers and even the police. Lacking in French but fluid in gestures and smiles, we communicate well enough. The police have even escorted me to sites around the area for ‘inspiration’… I thank them with bottles... a bottle for this… a bottle for that. This seems to be a good exchange. The piano echo’s through the rooms and corridors of the chateau. The Grand old Lady of the misty fields. Green, Blue…grey Aaron Kinnane Aaron the “French” Fighter Pilot, Creancey 2017 Source: © Photo Courtesy of Aaron Kinnane

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 21 Oil on Linen 80 x 200cm AK201711018

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 22 Oil on Linen 80 x 200cm AK201711019

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 20 Oil on Linen 100 x 80cm AK201711017

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 15 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 92cm AK201711012

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 16 Oil on Linen 46 x 109cm AK201711013

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 1 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711001

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 2 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711002

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 3 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711003

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 4 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711004

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 5 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711005

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 6 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711006

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 7 Oil on Linen 46 x 54.5cm AK201711007

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 9 Oil on Linen 54.5 x 46cm AK201711009

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 10 Oil on Linen 46 x 54.5cm AK201711010

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 11 Oil on Linen 46 x 54.5cm AK201711011

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 17 Oil on Linen 20 x 60cm AK201711014

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 18 Oil on Linen 20 x 60cm AK201711015

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 19 Oil on Linen 20 x 60cm AK201711016

Aaron KINNANE Creancey Mornings 8 Oil on Linen 24 x 19cm AK201711008

Creancey Studio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Works in Progress

With special thanks to Lina and Hugh Young for their generosity and access to Chateau Créancey

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