The Paper Plains collection of paintings, drawings and installation works add an unexpected magic to the mundane and forgotten objects of everyday life. The world may be round, but a box can still provide hours of entertainment to those with a little imagination.
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Born in Lismore NSW, and growing up in Brisbane, Fintan Magee began drawing as a young child. Exposed to Brisbane's graffiti culture in his teens Magee began to scrawl his name across the city in large vibrant letter forms.Moving away from traditional graffiti in recent years, Magee has started to explore new ideas and imagery within his painting. In the last year he has created some of the largest and most striking street pieces in Australia.
His bold guerilla mural works often combine still life painting of found objects with installation elements. Magee's works explore themes of waste, consumption, loss and transition. They contain a sentimentality and softness influenced by children’s books.While many artists sustain their lifestyles with day jobs unrelated to their creative practice, Magee hones his skills regularly in gainful employment as one of Brisbane's premier muralists. He has been responsible for many of Brisbane’s progressive new large scale public artworks, which frequently pop up around Brisbane’s inner-city suburbs.
Magee’s work can also be seen gilding the interior of many local restaurants, clubs and hip clothing stores. More recently in the lead up to his first Melbourne solo show, Magee has coloured the city with various murals and paste-ups, including a 3 story mural in West Melbourne.
The diligence, technical skill and progressive approach Magee employs in his work has already received acclaim across the country. Magee has been a finalist of the Prometheus, Lethbridge and Churchie art awards and this year won the Cliftons Art Prize ‘People’s Choice’ Award. He has painted across Australia, Europe and the USA and his work adorns the walls of many discerning art collectors
Exhibition Opening 6PM - 9PM Friday the 18th & Event with Dj's and Full Bar from 12PM - 6PM Saturday 19th of November. Exhibit showing until Sunday 4th of December. Rtist Gallery, 29 St Edmonds Rd, Prahran Melbourne.
