David MILNE
In the temple, word and number,
Honour, faith,
truth and slumber, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 153 x 275 cm
$24,000
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
In the beginning,
heavenly fire,
Out of the dark, glow and aspire, 2020
Acrylic
on Caravaggio linen,
152 x 198 cm
$17,500
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David MILNE
The spirited ashes
of our past,
2020
Acrylic on cotton duck, 102 x 153 cm
$7500
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
Harvest blocks,
reflected light,
Cosmic rays, and sacred might, 2020
Acrylic
on Caravaggio linen,
96 x 153 cm
$7500
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David MILNE
Elohim particles as
light rain,
And radiate the sacred strain, 2020
Acrylic
on Caravaggio linen,
90 x 120 cm
$6000
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
Louder still the
minstrels blew,
2020
Acrylic
on Caravaggio linen,
51 x 100 cm
$2750
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
Powers misused at
hearts source, of guilt,
Of grief, and of remorse, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 46 x 56 cm
$1250
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
The arch above must
not fall,
Balanced cup in temple hall, 2020
Pine, compressed wood, pigment, 170 x 80 x 40 cm
$ 4000
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
Female forest, lovely and strange,
I never thought it would change, 2020
Pine, compressed wood, pigment, 63 x 48 x 25 cm
$ 2500
AVAILABLE
David MILNE
Spiritualisation of the Matter:
Recent Paintings and Sculpture
23 Feb - 13 Mar 2021
Please join us for exhibition drinks with the artist on Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021, 6:30-8:30pm
With an exceptional understanding of colour, line and shape that has been developed and refined over his near 50 years as an artist, the symbols and patterns that David Milne places into his meticulous work combine to reflect his artistic background as a Modernist with an acute awareness and sensibility to the trends and aesthetics of Contemporary painting.
Milne’s approach is bold and striking at first glance, invariably complex and intricate upon further inspection, calming and measured when time is spent with his careful and considered hard edge abstractions, yet in essence Milne’s numinous compositions go beyond the painted surface. Part riddle and part ‘spiritualisation of the matter’, his coded visual language offers us access to longer arcs of time and more metaphysical notions of our sense of place via visual cues that have been used in Western and Eastern Art over centuries.
Drawing on his knowledge of alchemy, and particular interest in engravings of the Seventeenth Century, Milne’s multi-layered yet clear compositions are infused with historical iconography as well as elementary symbols. Designed around meditative inflection Milne allows us to see and engage with an artist who’s work is created for our aesthetic enjoyment without a need for excessive elaboration even though a more complicated subtext is present for those wanting to discover the rationale and musings that underpin his highly sophisticated ethereal tomes.
Milne has had significant commercial success over four decades of exhibiting with sell out exhibitions in the 1980s and 2000s either side of his successful career working in advertising for Saatchi & Saatchi as their National Creative Director in the 1990s. Creating some of his best and most important work to date, and through formal presentation and representation, Milne continues to accrue credence and recognition for his unique compositions, mark making and his approach to his artistic practice that he has been dedicated to throughout his life.
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Armadale, Victoria 3143
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