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Dane Lovett: name and work worth knowing

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8 December 2010

Dane Lovett has been in quite a few group shows in 2010. Recent exhibitions include Dedication at Chalk Horse (Sydney); Catch the Spirit, Seventh (Melbourne), and New and Used Paintings, TCB Art Inc. (Melbourne)

Currently on show at West Space, in Naarm / Melbourne's CBD, Dane Lovett's Paintingss is located in the first room (gallery 2) until 18 December 2010.

Every time I see Lovett's work it is fresh and alive. With the use of 1950′s, 1960′s colours, Lovett's work takes on a strange mixture of various decades. Lovett gives still life a modern twist and a unique style.

"Dane Lovett's paintings bring together subject matter from a variety of sources, moving freely between still-life, found imagery and portraiture. Paintingss is a group of not quite classical acrylic and watercolour works, where flowers, plants and interiors are twisted slightly with the inclusion of various musical iconography."

As a visual person it takes me a while to remember an artist's name. As I have seen and enjoyed Lovett's work a few times in 2010, I now remember his name.

Maybe this is clever marketing or a constant reminder that he is out there and active as an exhibiting artist. Which ever way it falls I now know Lovett's name and work.

West Space (view location on Google Maps)
Level 1, 15–19 Anthony Street, Melbourne

Wednesday to Friday, 12pm to 6pm
Saturday, 12pm to 5pm
Until 18 December 2010

Artist talk: Saturday 11 December 2010, 2pm to 3pm