Frank’s 26th exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery investigates the very edge of painting, as explosive oxygenated sculptures of compression foam and eruptive reconfigurations of readymade designer furniture, are positioned alongside paintings that protrude or dissolve, opening onto an almost sculptural, 3-dimensional space.

Exhibition Dates: 21 January – 13 February 2016

For decades Dale Frank’s practice has been motivated by an experimental approach to painting, his honed manipulations of the medium testing the technical, conceptual and perceptual limits of his materials. Charged concoctions of varnish, lighter fluid and Penetrol on perspex invoke explosive and lustrous images reminiscent of celestial planes and interstellar landscapes. Will Gosling has described how Dale Frank’s “chromatic arrangements are metaphysical universes referring as much to the spirit and to emotions as to physical spaces.”[1] Yet the potency of Frank’s compositions extend beyond the picture plane, his titles extricating volatile fragments of language, before fusing them together to illuminate their absurd ponderance.  

 

While his controlled exploitation of varnish occupied much of the artist’s focus over the last decade, SABCO PEROXIDE highlights Frank’s long-standing exploration of forms of installation, performance and sculpture. Frank describes the gesture of contemporary painting as  a “conceptual practice, first by what it is not, and what it opposes.”[2]  In this spirit, Frank’s 26th exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery investigates the very edge of painting, as explosive oxygenated sculptures of compression foam and eruptive reconfigurations of readymade designer furniture, are positioned alongside paintings that protrude or dissolve, opening onto an almost sculptural, 3-dimensional space. SABCO PEROXIDE is thus an articulation of Frank’s broader conceptual hypotheses, and his ongoing empirical investigations into the potentiality of painting.   

 

 

 

 

[1]Will Gosling, New York, 2013

[2] – Dale Frank, 2014

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Dale Frank your mother's name is a mouthful, 2015; (tu as un nom  à  coucher dehors); stainless steel, battery motors, distorted anodised perspex; 214 x 274 x 65 cm; enquire
your mother's name is a mouthful, 2015
(tu as un nom à coucher dehors)
stainless steel, battery motors, distorted anodised perspex
214 x 274 x 65 cm
Dale Frank chain smoker, 2015; (fumeur invétéré); shattered auto windscreen (Lexus) on perspex; 214 x 214 cm; enquire
chain smoker, 2015
(fumeur invétéré)
shattered auto windscreen (Lexus) on perspex
214 x 214 cm
Dale Frank sabco sabco sabco, 2015; shattered auto windscreen (BMW) on perspex; 214 x 194 cm; enquire
sabco sabco sabco, 2015
shattered auto windscreen (BMW) on perspex
214 x 194 cm
Dale Frank the Welsh, 2015; varnish and penetrol on anodised perspex; 214 x 194 cm; enquire
the Welsh, 2015
varnish and penetrol on anodised perspex
214 x 194 cm
Dale Frank Angela Merkel, 2015; varnish and penetrol on perspex; 214 x 194 cm; enquire
Angela Merkel, 2015
varnish and penetrol on perspex
214 x 194 cm
Dale Frank pernicious, 2015; varnish and penetrol on perspex; 214 x 194 cm; enquire
pernicious, 2015
varnish and penetrol on perspex
214 x 194 cm
Dale Frank Goyisher head, 2015; granulated recycled car tyre rubber on perspex; 210 x 210 cm; enquire
Goyisher head, 2015
granulated recycled car tyre rubber on perspex
210 x 210 cm
Dale Frank not enough white people, 2015; pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex; 210 x 210 x 22 cm; enquire
not enough white people, 2015
pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex
210 x 210 x 22 cm
Dale Frank glassing, 2015; (fracassé à coups de verre); pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex; 210 x 190 x 18 cm; enquire
glassing, 2015
(fracassé à coups de verre)
pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex
210 x 190 x 18 cm
Dale Frank the thirsty fucker, 2015; (L'enfoiré assoiffé); pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex; 214 x 194 x 21 cm; (framed); enquire
the thirsty fucker, 2015
(L'enfoiré assoiffé)
pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex
214 x 194 x 21 cm; (framed)
Dale Frank Evil Eye, 2015; (mauvais œil); pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex; 170 x 130 x 18 cm; enquire
Evil Eye, 2015
(mauvais œil)
pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex
170 x 130 x 18 cm
Dale Frank Cheez Whiz, 2015; pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex; 170 x 130 x 18 cm; enquire
Cheez Whiz, 2015
pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex
170 x 130 x 18 cm
Dale Frank Staircase Talent, 2015; shattered auto windscreen (BMW) on perspex; 279 x 179 cm; enquire
Staircase Talent, 2015
shattered auto windscreen (BMW) on perspex
279 x 179 cm
Dale Frank shit pray you stay young forever, 2015; harlequin paint on perspex; 279 x 179 x 29 cm; enquire
shit pray you stay young forever, 2015
harlequin paint on perspex
279 x 179 x 29 cm
Dale Frank Tossed salad and gravitational waves, 2015; (Salade Essorée et ondes gravitationnelles); shattered auto windscreen (BMW) on perspex; 279 x 176 cm; enquire
Tossed salad and gravitational waves, 2015
(Salade Essorée et ondes gravitationnelles)
shattered auto windscreen (BMW) on perspex
279 x 176 cm
Dale Frank :-##, 2015; ( :-## ); pressurised construction foam and varnish on perspex; 214 x 194 x 21 cm; enquire
:-##, 2015
( :-## )
pressurised construction foam and varnish on perspex
214 x 194 x 21 cm
Dale Frank :-X, 2015; pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex; 210 x 190 x 20 cm; enquire
:-X, 2015
pressurised construction foam and harlequin paint on perspex
210 x 190 x 20 cm
Dale Frank Chinese landscape - I like the name Stacy, 2015; (Paysage chinois - J'aime bien le prénom Stacy); paint stripper acid on anodised perspex; 210 x 210 x 15 cm; enquire
Chinese landscape - I like the name Stacy, 2015
(Paysage chinois - J'aime bien le prénom Stacy)
paint stripper acid on anodised perspex
210 x 210 x 15 cm
Dale Frank cube train (andre), 2015; (train cubes (andré)); part one: cube of pressurised construction foam
part two: cube of pressurised foam after explosive oxygenated reaction
part three: cube of pressurised construction foam, cardboard and granulated recycled car tyre rubber; approx: 51 x 75 x 190; enquire
cube train (andre), 2015
(train cubes (andré))
part one: cube of pressurised construction foam part two: cube of pressurised foam after explosive oxygenated reaction part three: cube of pressurised construction foam, cardboard and granulated recycled car tyre rubber
approx: 51 x 75 x 190
Dale Frank He collected Pearl Necklaces, 2015; suspended Campana Bothers Boa sofa by Edra, stainless steel grid and chains, rubber straps.; 90 x 350 x 190 cm; enquire
He collected Pearl Necklaces, 2015
suspended Campana Bothers Boa sofa by Edra, stainless steel grid and chains, rubber straps.
90 x 350 x 190 cm