OPENING JANUARY 11th! RECEPTION 5 - 7pm!
Court Tree Collective is proud to present LIKE WOLVES featuring Australian painter Saxon Quinn and Brooklyn based painter John Vitale. Both represent a new breed of abstract painters pushing their DIY instincts into newfound territories. Like flowing rivers they navigate from the energy of their great source. Not planned or charted, but precise in delivery. Wild and unhinged, yet focused and consistent. Passion and dedication encompasses the virtue in each gesture and stroke. We are excited to share this energy with our community.
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“In Last Place” by Craigie Harper
Exhibition runs until Dec 28th
Craigie Harper's paintings are set in the fictitious town of Kilmarning, which lies north-east of nowhere in particular.
“Kilmarning is a parochial Scottish town that is not too dissimilar to where I live. These paintings are partly autobiographical, partly fictitious.They are often based on real events from my life or the lives of people close to me. I paint a townsfolk who, despite their best efforts, invariably fall short against life.
One subject I often return to is sport. I work through my interest in and aversion to sport by painting Kilmarning United, a bottom-of-the-leagu football team that never wins anything. This antipathy towards spor stems from growing up with a progressive nerve condition that meant I wasn’t very good at it. Discerning peers picked me last for team sports, and finishing every race in last place was inevitable.
The title of this exhibition, In Last Place, reflects my sporting prowess and the spirit of Kilmarning. How I relate to my physical predicament an the humour and pathos I try to convey in painting are closely tied.”
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