Artist Selection & Narrative

Michael Whitehead is a featured artist in galleries across Australia’s major cities and New York and his work features in private and corporate collections around the world. He is a Brisbane based artist who works with large abstracts as seen below:

"Michael Whitehead’s work is about the creation of usually large, layered abstracts, contemporary paintings in which each brush stroke challenges the previous one, where oil is pitted against acrylic to create deliberate tension, resistance and intensity. Where large blocks of color may be layered to capture or reflect light, or a moody palate is employed where the under-painting appears to be attempting to break through to provide a fleeting glimpse of a secret world beneath." (Link: http://www.gadflygallery.com/artist_view.php?ArtistID=8)

I have based my narrative upon the design philosophy of Michael Whitehead noted below:

“A painting has to be instinctive and have a sense of urgency but yet remain precise”, says Michael. “If paint runs across a canvas it’s because I’m happy for it to go there or I have encouraged it to do so. Every stroke, every line, is intended to leave a record of its journey. I strive to have my works exhibit no fear of exposing their inner selves -- the ‘complexity of construction’ if you like -- of how they came to be”. (Link: http://www.jivedesign.com.au/index8.php)

The main concept that I derived from his design philosophy was the 'complexity of construction', and through this I designed the Art Gallery.

Narrative:

An art gallery shop/home for Michael Whitehead who creates and sells his large abstracts to the public. He goes upon the theory of 'the complexity of construction' and the freedom to create layers that cause tension within each other.