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Small Gems
December 4th - February 2nd
Metro 5 Gallery has invited 15 of Australia's greatest living artists to participate in this major exhibition entitled "Small Gems" - paintings that may be small in size but are truly "major" works of art.

The majority of these artists have painted these "Small Gems' to a 40 cm high x 50 cm wide formula. The participating artists were encouraged to standardize to this configuration, just as in the late 19th century a small group of Melbourne artists (Streeton, Conder, Roberts, etc.) stormed the art-world with an exhibition of paintings which were all 9 inches by 5 inches.

Tim Storrier
The Evening Blazeline 2002
acrylic on board
40.0 x 50.0 cm

 
The standard and variety of these "Small Gems;' has impressed us all - from our senior artists John Olsen and Tim Storrier to our youngest, Jason Benjamin, Hazel Dooney and Zhong Chen.

Judge for yourselves.

The participating artists are (in alphabetical order) Yvonne Audette, Jason Benjamin, Sadie Chandler, Zhong Chen, Hazel Dooney, Leonard French, David Laity, Steve Lopes, John Olsen, Victor Rubin, Andrew Sibley, Wendy Stavrianos, Tim Storrier, Yifeng Tan and Hadyn Wilson.

Jason Benjamin
W
e keep moving to be stable 2002
oil on linen
40.0 x 50.0 cm

 

David Laity
Beneath the Clouds 2002
oil on hessian on board
40.0 x 150.0 cm




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