Legendary poster artist Michel Quarez is a bit of a favourite around here, and we’re loving life in the gallery at the moment as our walls are lined with the bright fluro colours and creations of his work. Come in to visit our new Quarez wall, or have a look at our Quarez section on the
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Many of our favourite posters come from the modern art gallery, Galerie Maeght (pronounced “mahg” with the “a” like make). Galerie Maeght is a well-known art gallery that was founded by Aime and Marguerite Maeght in 1936 in Cannes. At that time, La Riviera was a refuge for many artists and writers escaping occupied areas,
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Posters were originally printed on light and fragile paper to be quickly pasted up in the street. The process of laying down posters on cotton linen is an important archival technique of conservation, as well as adding aesthetic value. Linen backing involves the poster being mounted with wheat paste onto acid free paper and then
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Last Friday gallery owner, Brett Ross, attended the opening of “Land of the Golden Fleece—Arthur Streeton in the Western District” at the Geelong Gallery. Running from the 27th February through to the 13th June 2016, the exhibition centres around Arthur Streeton’s landscape paintings of Victoria’s Western District and coastal vistas from 1920 to 1932, including Lorne, Port Campbell,
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Antoni Tapies, (1923 – 2012) is one of Catalan’s best-known artists. His work and ideas have had significant influence on the art-world, where he co-founded the Dau al Set movement in Spain, which has also been associated with the Surrealist and Dadaist movements. Today his work can be found in numerous major international collections. Tapies
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Fernand Mourlot, grandson of the founder of Atelier Mourlot, is celebrated as being responsible for the resurgence of colour lithography. Largely thanks to Mourlot, artists such as Matisse, Miró, and Picasso, rediscovered the technique and used lithography not only as a form of printing, but as an artistic medium to further enrich their own work.
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In celebration of the upcoming Andy Warhol and Ai Wei Wei exhibition at the NGV, we are excited to flaunt our Sunday B Morning Marilyns. It is believed that “Sunday B Morning” was founded by friends and associates of Andy Warhol. Arguably the B stands for “Bloody” yet little is known about the group to
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Pierre Etaix, (French actor-director-comedian) was not only the assistant director for Jacques Tati’s film Mon Oncle, 1958, but was the designer of the film’s iconic poster; a novelised silhouette of the central character, Monsieur Hulot. The Mon Oncle poster that we have is not the first edition of the poster printed in 1958, but an
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Hello ! Brett, the owner of ‘Letitia Morris Gallery’, is currently in France sourcing posters. He has sourced some beautiful rare posters, in order to add to the quality stock of posters we have already ! We are thrilled with the new finds and to keep customers thrilled with the choice and quality of our
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