Lucas Guilbert & Mark Schaller 1 - 30 Nov 2023
Welcome to our Pop Up Exhibition at the InterContential Hotel in Sorrento. Sales: Julie Collins - Director gallery@djprojects.net 0417324 795 Free delivery and installation within Victoria. Shipping arranged interstate and Overseas. & Gallery accepts Art Money www.artmoney.com Visit us at our maion gallery at 21 Morce Ave Sorrento, Victoria, Australia www.andgalleryaustralia.net & Gallery is part of the djprojects family of art related businesses. www.djprojects.net
Lucas Guilbert Lucas Guilbert is an emerging sculptor based in Melbourne, Australia. Raised in Montreal, his multicultural background deeply influenced his artistic practice and philosophy. After extensive travels, Guilbert settled in Australia in 2007 and was inspired by the unique landscape and cultural paradigms of his new home. Guilbert’s woodcarving technique allows him to explore the relationship between wood and place, and he uses the sculptural process as a means of introspective, meditative self-exploration. Primarily self-taught, Guilbert began carving wood in his early life and has had the privilege of learning from master craftsmen. “This exhibition presents a retrospective of my sculpture practice over the past five years, as well as a glimpse into my current artistic direction. My work explores the interplay between the material’s inherent qualities and my sculptural intervention. Wood offers itself openly, revealing its history, features, and idiosyncrasies. In contrast, the carver’s touch, the tool’s mark, and the maker’s imprint are constructed with intentionality. I strive to balance forms, tones, and textures, but more importantly, I seek the equilibrium between the imposed and the revealed. From abstract inspiration and flights of imagination, my sculptures manifest through the physicality of the wood grain. Wood tells a story of transformation, from photons to matter. By carefully attuning my actions to the material’s essence, I create works that unite the wild and the tamed. These artworks unapologetically bring the essence of the natural into the constructed world”.
Morest 2022 Unknown hardwood and Mild Steel 185 x 35 x 35cm $ 5,000
Cells 2017 White cedar & mild steel 178 x 30 x 20cm $9,500 The Pair
Spina 2018 240 x 40 x 20cm $4,000
Acaseed 2 Sassafrass 167 x 25 x 20cm $3,500
Sur les epaules 2023 Huon pine and Mild Steel 180 x 20 x 20cm $ 3,000
Mark Schaller Mark Schaller was born in Hamburg, West Germany in 1962 and lives and works in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He studied fine arts (Painting) at the Victorian College of the Arts and was a founding member of the famous Roar Studios collective in the early 1980s. Their interest in Expressionism and Primitivism shows in Mark’s ongoing art journey. His style conjures landscapes, shapes, figures, and forms all with a fluid line-work. He expresses his themes in bold striking and often vibrant colour. He is proficient in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, glass, ceramics and printmaking. He has exhibited successfully both solo and group since 1982. His work appears in Artbank, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Launceston,and various private collections. Mark has represented Australia at the Australian Embassy in Singapore and Tokyo. Mark Schaller is one of Australia’s boldest, most respected and successful artists.
Kelly Gang-gang Cockatoos Oil on linen 120 x 100cm $8,000
Yellow Eagle Oil on Canvas 80 x 61cm $4,000
Owl #3 Oil on linen 70 x 50cm $4,000
Magpie Oil on Canvas 62 x 71cm $3,500
Pacific Gull Oil on linen 70 x 50cm $4,000
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