Lot 66
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Dimensions:
- 840 x 910 cms Literature:
- 1394 Medium:
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- There is nothing that sings Australia more than the hot summer sun beating down on its people. Its why most of the country's population clings to the seaboard to take weekend respite on its many sandy beaches, and why tragically it has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the World. 'Beach Pattern' by the contemporary artist Craig Parnaby perfectly captures the dichotomy of these two aspects of Australian life. A speedo-clad boy oblivious to his 'weed' emblazoned T-shirt stares dangerously into the blazing western sun while a topless young girl on the cusp of puberty innocently presents her body to passers-by without a care in the world. An older female is bending down to gather up the towels signalling an end to their ritual day at the beach. With the use of light and shade Parnaby captures the fierce afternoon sun as it bears down on the bodies of its future victims. In his own words he likens his paintings to "a pictorial journal of local experiences" and his chosen colours are uniquely Australian. He says that although he is "open to the entire spectrum, I try to drain luminosity from the colour in order to create the effect of things being weathered by the unrelenting Australian Summer." However inevitable, it will take many lazy days at the beach before the supple skin of youth will be transformed into that of a shedding lizard scarred by the days of summers past. Parnaby worked nights in the restaurants and cafes on Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach and spent his days on the sand "observing the frolic of young people from around the world." He purposely eschewed facial details in his works in a tilt to universality and one must look very closely to discover the gender of his subjects. Much like the furtive glances of beachgoers searching for their lost youth, Parnaby's paintings evoke innocent reflection not perverted stares at his young subjects as they soak up the Australian sun. To paraphrase the famous Australian feminist Germaine Greer, it is not wrong to see beauty in unaffected youth but only to take advantage of it. This month Smalls Auctions offers the Craig Parnaby work 'Beach Pattern' that truly captures the beginnings of the Australian 'Rite of Passage.'
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