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David Noonan's artistry on show13 April 2005 A stunning array of works by Australian artist David Noonan is now on show at the Monash University Museum of Art.
David Noonan: Films and Paintings 2001--2005 features recent gouaches, bleach paintings, oil paintings, collages, films and installations as well as a film installation developed especially for the museum. The works draw on cultural reference points from art, film, literature, music, fashion and pop culture. The museum's artistic director, Mr Max Delany, said David Noonan's work evoked a world of emotional intensity, replete with moody ambience. "Noonan's complex layering of distinct historical and contemporary cultural motifs moves across time and space, encompassing the histories of modernism, science fiction, parapsychology, horror and the gothic," Mr Delany said. "At once filmic and painterly, his moving pictures suggest timeless narratives of intrigue and suspense. Like the best cinema, David's works are as much about feeling as they are about looking." Mr Noonan, an acclaimed painter and one of Australia's leading film and new media artists, was recently voted one of Australia's 50 most collectable artists by Australian Art Collector magazine. To coincide with the exhibition, the museum has published a book on Mr Noonan that he has designed in collaboration with Yanni Florence. The 88-page book includes contributions from Mr Delany and a keynote text by Ms Jennifer Higgie, editor of the international contemporary art and culture magazine Frieze. Copies can be purchased at the museum for $20. The exhibition will be officially opened at 3 pm on 16 April and will be on show until 11 June. Opening hours are Tuesdays to Fridays from 10 am to 5 pm and Saturdays from 2 pm to 5 pm . For further information, go to the Monash University Museum of Art website.
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