What style of art did Howard Arkley do?
The highly developed techniques of airbrushing lines and stencilling were fundamental to Arkley’s unique style where the ordinary metamorphoses into the extraordinary, creating deliberately hyperreal images similar to the glossy reproductions of paintings found in books.
What influenced Howard Arkley art?
Painter, photographer and sculptor who studied in Melbourne. Using the airbrush as his principal tool, Arkley was heavily influenced by punk culture, suburbia and domesticity. He also designed a suite of chairs “Muzak Mural Chair Tableau” in 1980-81. Arkley was the Australian representative at the 1999 Venice Biennale.
How many artworks did Howard create?
15 artworks
Howard Arkley – 15 artworks – painting.
Where does Arkley find inspiration for the Colours used in his works?
Howard Arkley was inspired by a range of ideas and images including works by artists Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, real-estate advertisements, decorative panels on fly screens, Home Beautiful magazines, the Art Nouveau style, colours in advertising, punk and rock music as well as science, mathematics and geometry.
Why did Howard Arkley paint suburban houses?
Arkley began his art practice in the 1970s but it wasn’t until the late 1980s that he found commercial success through his paintings of suburban houses. “He wanted to capture the Australian vernacular in a way that people would recognize, respond to and embrace,” says museum curator Anthony Fitzpatrick.
Where and when was Howard Arkley born?
May 5, 1951, Melbourne, Australia
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Why did Howard Arkley make a well situated home?
Well situated home, 1991 Houses such as these, built in spacious garden suburbs far from crowded inner-city terraces, were the dream of a generation of Australians who had survived the hardships and deprivation of the depression and war.
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