VANGUARD Invitational & Anna Di Mezza December 24 2019

International Invitational Group Show
Outré Gallery Fitzroy
18 Sept – 6 Oct 2020

Outré Gallery is proud to announce the VANGUARD Invitational, an exhibition featuring artists who are leading the way in their creative practices and forging ahead in new frontiers and expressions. Each artist brings something totally exceptional to the table – from their conceptual execution and technical skill, to their innovation, creative vision and idiosyncratic flair. Many of the artists invited to this show have never exhibited with us before, and we are so excited to share their work on Australian soil. 

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Alfred Liu, Pete Bakacs, Derek Yaniger, Dennis McNett, Pavel Guliaev, Helice Wen, Ben Ashton, Iva Troj, Keya Tama, Niels de Jong, Marcos Navarro, Huntz Liu, Rafael Silveira, Jason Mowry, David Schofield, Brad Woodfin, Heiko Muller, Robert Bowers, Alfons Bytautas, Robert Duxbury, Max Seckel, Jesus Aguado, Marc Burckhardt, Dan Funderburgh, Frank Gonzales

Feature Showcase
Outré Gallery Fitzroy
18 Sept – 6 Oct 2020

Anna Di Mezza is a painter who currently resides in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Her works are surrealistic in nature, playing with perspective and combining subject matter with unexpected backgrounds resulting in bizarre visual narratives. Inspired by vintage photos, Anna likes to depict what appear to be stills from a surrealist film – challenging viewers to make up their own interpretation of the plot. Her paintings seem to straddle a fine line between humour and horror.

Anna's pieces for In A Summer Place have a common theme of summer, sunset, light and heat. Also the song 'In a Summer Place' invokes nostalgia from the 50s, which suit the pieces that have been derived from 1950s and 60s references.