11.2.11 Curios: The Art of Rodney Sharpe

11th February 2011: A celebration of

Curios: The Art of Rodney Sharpe

will take place on Friday from 7pm.

Beat poetry will be a feature

of the evening,

with an open mic segment,

and everyone is welcome to

perform/present their spoken art.

With artworks ranging

 from lino cut assemblages

 to giant scenarios,

the art of Rodney Sharpe

has a surrealist bent.

Commencing Wednesday

the 2nd of February,

everyone is invited

to take this opportunity

to view Rodney Sharpe hard at work

as he sets up his solo exhibition

and creates in the

Serpentine Community Gallery.

Join us to celebrate

Curios: The Art of Rodney Sharpe

on Friday the 11th February,

from 7pm.

All welcome, wine and nibbles of course.

After leaving Graphic Design in 1987,

Rodney Sharpe travelled Australia

as a portrait artist,

returning to Sydney

to exhibit in various galleries.

In 2007 he won the 'Invite' painting prize,

followed by a period of quick exhibitions

exploring the mysterious nature

of water and paint.

Rodney has recently

entered works in

the Lismore Portraiture prize

and exhibits in Nimbin and Lismore,

has began an art collective in the form

of the Nimbin community centre,

and had the National Gallery

acquire a couple of his wood cuts.

'My Favourite'

                  'New Workplace Agreement'

                  Archival print on board

    'The Apparition of John Carpick'

'The Not Funny Clown'

'Did It Rain'

Print

'Old Friends'

Print

'Cumulo Missed The Bus'

Acrylic

'Land Works You'

Acrylic on board

'Time For A Wash'

Oil on wood

'Dinasaur Gas'

Print

'Defiant'

Quink on archival paper

'Uneasy Rider'

Acrylic on canvas