DAVID BROMLEY The Beautiful and The Bold
9 September 2010 - 2 October 2010
The Beautiful and The Bold is a collection of new paintings and tapestries from one of Australia’s most renowned artists, David Bromley. Bromley's vibrant canvasses present figurative expressionism in a Pop Art manner and have engaged the viewer for over twenty years. The artist is known for his graphic brushwork, intuitively capturing a facial feature with just one swipe of the brush. Bromley’s work is defined by two major series, the Boys Own Annual work and his iconic female nudes. The former draws on imagery from Boy's Own annuals and explores the themes of childhood innocence, lost and found. The enigmatic paintings vacillate between nostalgia and symbolism and can be seen as metaphors for the challenges of the adult world. The female nudes belong to both the tradition of portraiture and to the contemporary realm of femme fatale imagery seen in film and magazines. Listed among Australian Art Collectors 50 most collectable artists, Bromley has exhibited in London, Paris, Tokyo, New York and Singapore. His work appears in numerous private and corporate collections throughout Australia. He has been a finalist four times in the Archibald Prize and the painter of some famous visages, including filmmaker Scott Hicks and pop-star Kylie Minogue.
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