House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne is a 1988 painting by Australian artist Howard Arkley. The diptych depicts a house typical of those in suburban Melbourne, reflecting Arkley's interest in Australian suburbia. The source was a real estate advertisement showing a house in Deer Park, an outer western suburb of Melbourne.[1]
| House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Howard Arkley |
| Year | 1988 |
| Medium | synthetic polymer paint on canvas |
| Dimensions | 174.7 cm × 400.0 cm (68.8 in × 157.5 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| Website | https://artsearch.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=16097 |
Although the image is familiar and cheerful, almost like an advertisement in a real estate magazine, there is something alienating and isolated about the obsessive neatness, lack of human figures and the shadowy windows.
— National Gallery of Australia, [2]
The painting is part of the collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, purchased directly from the artist in 1988.
Further reading
edit- Gregory, John (2006). Carnival in Suburbia: The Art of Howard Arkley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521868955.
References
edit- ^ Gregory, John (20 November 2009). "House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne 1988". ArkleyWorks. Estate of Howard Arkley. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "House and garden, Western suburbs, Melbourne". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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