Now this is exciting!  Australian contemporary artist Steve Salo’s work is coming to the Frankston Arts Centre from October 19 until December 9 and you’re invited.

Salo’s portraits of one of Australia’s most globally recognised and respected theatre companies, Back to Back Theatre, will be on show at the Curved Wall and is set to get hearts brimming. Best known for his emotive portraiture and landscape painting, the largely self-taught Salo has been working full-time as a painter since 2014 after losing much of his art history and materials in a fire in 2013. He has just returned from an art residency in Finland. His Back to Back Theatre Portraits are both beautifully conceived and painted. “I’ve learnt about the amazing creative projection that comes from these people; their sensitivity, fragility at times and their intense focus on their work,” he says.

Based in Geelong, Back to Back Theatre has been challenging the assumptions of what is possible in theatre for around 30 years. This is a group that believes anything is possible and continues to prove it by producing work that inspires, questions and resonates. Steve Salo’s collaboration with the ensemble has resulted in an amazing selection of portraits that reveal the actor’s and artistic director’s souls.

The Curved Wall Gallery is thrilled to show this important collection of work. Open Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm, and Saturdays from 9am-2pm. Entry is free.

 

CURVED WALL - FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE

A: 27-37 Davey St, Frankston

T: 9784 1896

W: artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions_Festivals/Coming_Exhibitions/Steve_Salo