In May 2011,Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to present ‘Inheritance’ a solo exhibition of new paintings by the well-known Australian artist, Stewart MacFarlane.
Stewart MacFarlane’s second solo show in Kuala Lumpur, entitled Inheritance, brings together an exhibition of both landscape and figurative works,all of which possess a strong narrative. Using lighting which is normally reserved for a film set, Stewart MacFarlane’s paintings are dramatic, intense, and disarming as they force us to be voyeurs in the scenes he has created.
Stewart MacFarlane is one of Australia’s most prominent figurative painters. Using bold colours and dramatic lighting his mysterious paintings are a surreal look at the convoluted intricacies of human relationships, set against a backdrop of familiar Australian cityscapes and landscapes. An accomplished artist, he has held over 50 solo exhibitions of his work in Australia, the United States, Asia and Germany. In 1996, Craftsman House published the monograph Stewart MacFarlane, Riddles of Life, by Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian.
He has also been honoured with countless international awards and residencies, including a fellowship from MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA and residencies in Besozzo Studio, Italy, the Bemis Centre for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska USA and at Roswell, New Mexico, USA with the Roswell Museum & Art Centre. Within Australia he has taken part in various residencies in universities around Australia and was the winner of the Alice Prize from the Alice Springs Art Foundation.
As one of Australia’s most outstanding contemporary artists MacFarlane’s works have been extensively collected and can be seen in all major state and university galleries throughout Australia. The most notable of these are the Australian National Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, Monash University and Curtin University. On an international level his works can be found in the permanent collections of Shell and the Provincetown Museum and Art Centre of Massachusetts, USA.
Inheritance a solo exhibition by Stewart MacFarlane features at:-
Wei-Ling Gallery from 6th May-1st June 2011 and at
Wei-Ling Contemporary from the 7th June-30th June 2011
About Wei-Ling Contemporary
Wei-Ling Contemporary is Wei-Ling Gallery’s new space at The Gardens Mall, Kuala Lumpur.
Opened in April 2011, the gallery has already been busy with an exhibition calendar that has seen solo exhibitions like Ivan Lam’s Together Alone, Stewart MacFarlane’s Inheritance, and The Garden of Hidden Desires.
Wei-Ling Contemporary enriches the main gallery’s committed goal of reaching a wider public with contemporary art.
Wei-Ling Contemporary
G212 & 213A, Ground Floor
The Gardens Mall
Lingkaran Syed Putra
Mid Valley City
59200 Kuala Lumpur
+603 2260 1106 or +6017 887 7216
weilinggcontemporary@gmail.com
Daily, 11.00am – 9.00pm |
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About Wei-Ling Gallery
Wei-Ling Gallery is housed in an award-winning building in the historic area of Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. Formerly known as Townhouse Gallery, it was set up by Lim Wei-Ling and Yohan Rajan in 2002 to showcase the best of contemporary Malaysian art.
Since its inception, the gallery has mounted exciting exhibitions including solos by Malaysia’s leading contemporary artists and the gallery’s steadfast commitment to promoting contemporary Malaysia art to the wider public is shown in the numerous publications it has produced, as well as its participation in international art events such as Art Stage Singapore and the China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE).
Wei-Ling Gallery
8 Jalan Scott
Brickfields
50470 Kuala Lumpur
+603 2260 1106 or +60162722417
weilinggallery@gmail.com
Mon-Fri, 12.00pm – 7.00pm / Sat, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Closed Sundays & Public Holidays
Admission to both galleries is free
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View artist's CV
View Stewart's 1st solo at Wei-Ling Gallery
El Camino
Oil on canvas
152cm x 304cm, 2010
Homefront
Oil on canvas
132cm x 183cm, 2010
Excursion
Oil on canvas
92cm x 122.5cm, 2010
Inheritance
Oil on canvas
96.5cm x 244cm, 2010
Shimmer
Oil on canvas
71cm x 168cn, 2010
The Architect
Oil on canvas
112cm x 153cm, 2010
The Plane
Oil on canvas
122cm x 152cm, 2010
Plane over Manhattan
Oil on canvas
122cm x 152cm, 2010
 
The Lily and the nude Episode
Oil on canvas Oil on board
46cm x 61cm, 2010 42cm x 62cm, 2010
 
Awake Par Avion
Oil on canvas Oil on board
46cm x 61cm, 2010 44.5cm x 56cm, 2010
 
The Outsider The Soldier
Oil on canvas Oil on board
71cm x 138cm, 2010 42cm x 36cm, 2010
 
Call from Birdsville Heart of the City
Oil on canvas Oil on Canvas
41.5cm x 51cm, 2010 40cm x 60cm, 2010
 
The Cathedral Dusk
Oil on canvas Oil on canvas
40cm x 60cm, 2010 40cm x 60cm, 2010
Read Article(s)
Artnotes (www.artmonthly.org.au) April 2011
SouthEast Asia
MacFarlane marks new space
"In May Wei-Ling Gallery presents Stewart MacFarlane’s 2nd solo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur titled Inheritance. Typically narrative paintings with their dramatic (aka film set) lighting, MacFarlane again forces Malaysian audiences to play the voyeur in unnerving urban-scapes. Showing at Wei-Ling Gallery 6 May to 1 June, the exhibition will also show at Wei-Ling Contemporary 7 to 30 June, a new 3800 square foot satellite space at The Gardens Mall KL, an exclusive venue that opened in April and which affirms this powerhouse gallery as a stronghold of this scene".
View images of opening night at Wei-Ling Gallery
View hanging at Wei-Ling Gallery |
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