Quiet and Still
3 – 28 September 2024
Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley
Archibald Prize finalist Mirra Whale returns to Mitchell Fine Art with her third solo show exhibition of still life paintings from 3 September. The works in the show were inspired and created during an artist’s residency in 2023 at the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre where Mirra was surrounded by Margaret Olley’s loved, prized, everyday possessions.
Mirra Whale is a Sydney based artist whose artworks explore the formal and conceptual limits of the genre of still life. Within her practice Mirra utlises everyday household objects and presents them from another angle.
Mirra’s latest exhibition pays homage to the quiet beauty found in the act of still life painting and the everchanging relationship between shape, colour and form.
“There is a quiet beauty that is entangled within the act of ‘still life ‘painting. Meticulously scanning the many perfections and imperfections that make each object unique and beautiful”, says Whale.
Mirra Whale has been a finalist in several art prizes including the Archibald Prize, Mosman Art Prize, Salon Des Refuses, Portia Geach Portrait Prize and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
For further information, visit the Mitchell Fine Art website
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