This painting is part of a body of work which began in the Czech Republic while visiting my mother’s homeland. Immersed in its beauty and history full of dark passages I developed a further interest in the notion of self. How the individual is constructed,
Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University - Mount Lawley, Western Australia. 15 - 28 May 2015. In 100 days Mel Dare finds many questions and some answers. Through her work the artist has delved into many different but interrelating subjects including subjectivity, psychology, identity, time and perspective.
This body of work began in the Czech Republic while I was visiting my mother’s homeland. Immersed in such a long history full of beauty and dark passages I developed a further interest in the notion of self. How an individual is constructed, threaded together
Humans are social animals. We feel the need to identify, to belong. An extension of this is ownership: setting up fences, laws and etiquette to define, contain and guard what is mine, what is yours, what is ours. We conquer nations; assimilating culture, customs and
Exhibited in Drawn Within at Peek-a-Boo Gallery - Northbridge, Western Australia 15 June - 6 July 2012.
This artwork was created not long after a family member passed away from a long, slow death.
Exhibited at Emerge Art Space - Highgate, WA. 18 Oct - 10 Nov 2006 Looking at him is an investigation into masculinity. Mel Dare discusses masculinity with 5 male friends; asking how they would like theirs to be portrayed. The paintings are the results. When I began
Exhibited in Mel Dare's solo exhibition Surface [at]tension at the Moores Building - Fremantle, Western Australia 2001.
