Adrian Doyle is not just an important Australian artist - prolific and prize-winning - he's also helped shape the culture of Melbourne contemporary art.
Doyle is the founder of the infamous Blender Studios on Franklin Street - home and hub to a whole bevvy of young street artists and emerging contemporary makers, creators and trouble shakers including the likes of Nu-Rock, Vexta, PRIZM, Reka, HA-HA, Psalm, Civil, Rone, Drew Funk, DLUX, Makatron, Tom Bone, Six Ten, ALONE, PHIBS, Reks, LIster and 70K.
His new solo exhibition is about to roost at Michael Koro Galleries which is directly connected to Blender on Franklin Street.
With a sharp look of crisp collage these paintings have a post-pop brightness and flatness that depicts the Aussie landscape in a suburban psychedelic colour field.
It's a patterned beauty that attempts to re-write the nostalgia and sentimentality that is part of our idea of the pastural landscape, the bush landscape or the desert landscape.
New Australian Landscapes
Adrian Doyle
Michael Koro Galleries (Blender Studios)
110 Franklin Street
Melbourne CBD
9 July - 16 August 2009