ART-ILLERY: A DONOVAN CHRISTIE EXHIBITION

(Donovan with one of his paintings)

Donovan Christie should be a familiar name from my previous post about the ‘These Walls Don’t Lie’ Gallery – he is the CEO and founder. He is also an amazing artist in his own right and his exhibition at Sugar began last Thursday the 7^th of June (Yes this was the same night as the Espionage show opening – what a busy and arty night it was).

Donovan describes his work as ‘hyper-realism’ and it focuses on the themes of street art and urbanization. This was very prevalent in his work at the ‘Art-illery’ exhibition. Before we head into discussing the show, a bit of background. ‘Art-illery’ is described as: ‘the weapons of choice by today’s Guerilla Street Artists. An exhibition displaying the Art-illery, the culprits in the act and the targets of the night.’

All his artwork in this show was acrylic on plywood. The plywood definitely added another level to the pieces. I really enjoyed all the pieces on display - I thought they were very clean, yet emotive and interesting. 


Here are a few of his pieces from the show...

('Soak') 

('Tin') 

('Dial Tone')

Finally, Donovan with fellow artist and bearded male Yanni Floros...

I would strongly recommend you head along to the exhibition and check it out as well as having a drink (or a hundred). 'Art-illery' is showing at Sugar Nightclub on Rundle St until July 3.

Also head to Donovan's website here to check out some more of his work.