{"id":8377,"date":"2015-12-23T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T08:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8377"},"modified":"2015-12-23T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T08:26:51","slug":"stewart-macfarlane-private-life-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/stewart-macfarlane-private-life-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart MacFarlane &#8211; Private Life &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-8377'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 CURRENT\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/exhibition-current\/\">CuRRENT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 PAST\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/exhibition-current\/exhibition-past\/\">PAST<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Stewart MacFarlane \u2013 Private Life \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/stewart-macfarlane-private-life-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Stewart MacFarlane \u2013 Private Life \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/stewart-macfarlane-private-life-press-release\/\">press release<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Private Life<br \/>\nStewart MacFarlane<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Stewart MacFarlane is one of Australia\u2019s 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 49 solo exhibitions of his work in Australia, the United States, and Germany. In 1996, Craftsman House published the monograph Stewart MacFarlane, Riddles of Life, by Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian.<\/p>\n<p>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 &amp; 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.<\/p>\n<p>As one of Australia\u2019s most outstanding contemporary artists MacFarlane\u2019s 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<\/p>\n<p>Stewart MacFarlane\u2019s first solo show in Kuala Lumpur, entitled Private Life, is a themed exhibition focusing on the female nude in contemporary urban settings.<\/p>\n<p>Working from life, the paintings reveal the spontaneity and intensity of this process. MacFarlane uses the tradition of working from the model, but breaks the past by creating an involvement between artist, model and viewer. The viewer is engaged because of the animation and eye-contact with the model as opposed to past practice of passive voyeurism.<\/p>\n<p>The other factors that make these works unique are the intense and raw colour, and the acidic lighting. The lighting set for dramatic effect is not unusual for a domestic setting but is not common in contemporary painting. It refers to stage sets, or a film experience.<\/p>\n<p>There will be approximately 30 works in this exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a landmark exhibition as it is the first time that Stewart MacFarlane will be showing his works in Malaysia and Asia.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a04e9a999f2af535624a76d569713c2e hr-short  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  hr-center '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"\u201cSee: The naked truth\u201d by Shannon Teoh\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/see-the-naked-truth-by-shannon-teoh\/\"><strong>&#8220;See: The naked truth&#8221; by Shannon Teoh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"\u201cSimply fascinated by women\u201d by Lim Chia Ying\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/simply-fascinated-by-women-by-lim-chia-ying\/\"><strong>&#8220;Simply fascinated by women&#8221; by Lim Chia Ying<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"\u201cLife of Barbie\u201d by Laura Fan\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/life-of-barbie-by-laura-fan\/\"><strong>&#8220;Life of Barbie&#8221; by Laura Fan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pl-news-gina.pdf\"><strong>Stewart MacFarlane &#8220;Private Life&#8221; at Wei-Ling Gallery by Gina Fairley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Private Life Stewart MacFarlane Stewart MacFarlane is one of Australia\u2019s most prominent figurative painters. 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