DANE LOVETT
Think Think Plan Think Fantasy Think Plan Think
2 September – 30 September 2023

STATION | MELBOURNE

STATION is delighted to present Think Think Plan Think Fantasy Think Plan Think, Dane Lovett’s seventh solo exhibition with the gallery. Taking his subjects from often overlooked everyday scenes in his life, his extreme magnification of the image and limited palette presents a form of abstraction.

Lovett’s painting of timeless memento mori motifs such as still-life flowers, grass and foliage simultaneously eschew and embrace their allegorical roots. Using tonal washes of an almost monochromatic colour palette, he confuses the distinctions between positive and negative space, luring us into a different world that is at once familiar and foreign.

Think Think Plan Think Fantasy Think Plan Think sees Lovett focus increasingly on gateways and transitions: the artist’s walk to the studio, the area where the path meets the grass, the door to an orthodox church. The imagery shifts from highlighting a specific place and instead explores universal themes of feeling and impermanence. His subjects are both everything and nothing.

Installation Views

Artworks

Dane Lovett
Field Twenty One 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
5 panels: each 200.0 × 160.0 cm overall 200.0 × 805.0 cm

Dane Lovett
Magic Pipe 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
220.0 × 180.0 cm

Dane Lovett
Gate 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
180.0 × 160.0 cm

Dane Lovett
Fracas 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
180.0 × 160.0 cm

Dane Lovett
Fairway 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
180.0 × 160.0 cm

Dane Lovett
Night in June 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
220.0 × 170.0 cm

Dane Lovett
Walking Up The Hill With John 2023
Oil and acrylic on canvas
200 × 200 cm

Dane Lovett
Today's Air 2023
oil and acrylic on canvas
30.5 × 35.5 cm