Exhibition 9th to 29th March 2005
Copyright © 2004 Pollock Gallery
Steve Lopes ---“here or there”
Following a successful stint
in the UK, where he studied with renowned Scottish figurative artist, Peter
Howson, Steve Lopes latest exhibition
of rich paintings, titled “Here or There” , is on display at Pollock Gallery
until 29th March.
Steve has created a powerful
body of work by using subterranean forces which shape the landscape where
barebacked figures smile in the face of prescient danger. The paintings highlight our own endeavours
against internal forces by exploring the entry points into and below the
surface, whether they be natural or subconscious
Steve Lopes is regarded as
one of the country’s most promising young figurative painters – an achievement
not easily reached in Australia’s tough,
competitive art world. Yet Steve has earned the title by
consistently producing exceptionally fine work with rich subject matter that
has never failed to attract the attention of critics and collectors.
Recently, the National Gallery of Australia purchased three of Steve Lopes works, adding him to their highly prized collection of Australia’s finest artists.
His portraits and paintings
(where narrative themes are brought to life through poetic peopled landscapes)
have been selected in numerous
prestigious national juried shows and
art awards.
Steve
Lopes has been shortlisted twice in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art
Scholarship by the AGNSW, He has been exhibited in the Archibald Salon de
Refuses in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005 and in the Doug Moran Portrait Award which
toured nationally in 2000/2001.
Graduating as a Batchelor of
Fine Arts from the University of NSW in 91, Steve immediately left for New York
to attend the Art Students League.
In 1998 he returned from two years’ study in London where he was twice named in the top young artists under 30 in Britain by the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting at the Mall Galleries.
A selection of the catalogue
follows:
Click on an image for
a larger view… for any information call or e-mail
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Scoria Oil on Canvas 122 x 110 cm |
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Alluvial Figure 1. Oil on Canvas 110 x 122 cm Sold
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Alluvial Figure 2. Oil on Canvas 90 x 62 cm |
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Basin Figures Oil on Canvas 102 x 103 cm |
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Marginal Figure. Oil on Canvas 94 x 79 cm Sold
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Soft Core. Oil on Canvas 58 x 110 cm Sold
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Thermal Pulse. Oil on Canvas 80 x 80 cm |
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Thermal Figure 2. Oil on Canvas 107 x 54 cm |
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Tweed Valley Figure 1. Oil on Canvas 31 x 26 cm |
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Tweed Valley Figure 2. Oil on Canvas 31 x 26 cm |
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Tweed Valley Figure 3. Oil on Canvas 31 x 26 cm |
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Vapour Trail. Oil on Canvas 54 x 80 cm |
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Vent. Oil on Canvas 123 x 65 cm |
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Figures with Plume Oil on Canvas 122 x 91 cm |
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Storm Portrait II Oil on Board 90 x 60 cm |
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Beached Male. Oil on Canvas 80 x 80 cm |
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Canobolas Figure Oil on Canvas 76 x 61 cm |
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Interior Oil on Canvas 91 x 61 cm |
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Untitled Study Oil on Canvas 54 x 40cm |
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Volcanic Boy. Oil on Board 54 x 40 cm Sold
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Refugee with Native Plant Mixed Medium 120 x 60 cm |
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Man with Soul Mixed Medium 100 x 80 cm |
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Man with Storm Approaching. Oil on Canvas 49 x 33 cm Sold
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Canobolas Night Figure. Mixed Medium 74 x 62 cm |
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Untitled I Oil on paper 43 x 56 cm Sold
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Untitled II Oil on paper 61 x 43 cm Sold
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