The tension of opposites is necessary, strife is necessary, be it even just a 'contradiction'. It is 'war' rather than peace, or stillness that demonstrates the changes or flux that is the root of being, that makes it clear that nothing, not even the most stable seeming is really at rest.

— Dale Frank, 1983

Exhibition Dates: 3 September – 2 October 2021

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is thrilled to present new work by Dale Frank in The Omega Variant Show, Frank's 34th solo exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery since 1982.

A directness is necessary (strife is necessary). Too much discussion has verged into poetics for either reasons of fashion or inability. The tension of opposites is necessary, strife is necessary, be it even just a 'contradiction'. It is 'war' rather than peace, or stillness that demonstrates the changes or flux that is the root of being, that makes it clear that nothing, not even the most stable seeming is really at rest.
— Dale Frank, 1983

Frank's space depends instead on that measured emptiness as a flat surface which sometimes proposes an illusion of solidity by its very ebb and flow. "Form" cannot exist since no boundaries occur. Lines are vectors, not contours, the dense pattern functioning as a force-field in which energies or auras are plotted. The emotional disturbances in his real-time work, each with individual features and occupying its proper temporal span, seem perfectly translated. Perfectly, and again abstractly...

Jasper Johns once admitted that only three art-historical statements interested him. One was Leonardo's opinion on line as representation of the limit of the body. Like Johns's, Frank's "field" solved the same problem in a different way. But is he violating that solution by involving himself so completely with matter. The answer lies in the continuum of that world which is taking shape: solipsistic, sublime, exotic, unfree. More and more the "strife" Frank has said he desires in art, his gesture of swerving or interference, the communicated tension of the performances, seem identical — tests of consciousness, that sudden fright or pinch by which we make certain we are still alive.
— Stuart Morgan, ARTFORUM, VOL XXII, No 10. 1984

Dale Frank’s abstract paintings have been exhibited internationally since the 1980s, showing at PS1, New York (1981), Biennale of Sydney (1982), 42nd Venice Biennale (1983 and 1984). Frank was included in the exhibition Panorama della post - critica: critica ed arte at the Museo Palazzo Lanfranchi in Pisa along with Thomas Lawson and Anselm Kiefer. Recent selected group exhibitions include Unpainting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2017-18); Dark Heart, curated by Nick Mitzevich, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia (2014); Mix Tape 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2013); and Les Arts De L’effervescence Champagne, Musée des Beaux Arts de Reims, France (2013). In 2013, his work was featured in Personal Structures at the Palazzo Bembo as part of the official program of the 55th Venice Biennale. A major solo retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney in 2000. Frank’s work is held in all major Australian state galleries, and a number of regional and university collections. It is also held in international collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand; Musée de Ville de Leige, Leige; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Zurich Kunsthaus; and a number of corporate collections.

This is Dale Frank's 34th solo exhibition with the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.

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Dale Frank She grew up in Maitland and hated fried rice but thought the East Maitland Bowling Club had the best restaurant in town, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 180 cm; enquire
She grew up in Maitland and hated fried rice but thought the East Maitland Bowling Club had the best restaurant in town, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 180 cm
Dale Frank Peter Sykes and Peter Wilkinson (1975), 2021; Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Peter Sykes and Peter Wilkinson (1975), 2021
Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank Cassy lived in Jenner Parade Newcastle West and divided her time between working at Innerself Holistic Therapy Centre and assisting in the Girls Sex education classes at Newcastle High were she meet Julie who shared her passions for getting blind on a Friday night and for Rihanna, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Cassy lived in Jenner Parade Newcastle West and divided her time between working at Innerself Holistic Therapy Centre and assisting in the Girls Sex education classes at Newcastle High were she meet Julie who shared her passions for getting blind on a Friday night and for Rihanna, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank Jason loved nothing better than shoplifting skin colour or sheer high waist nylon laddies underwear from Big W wearing them out of the stores under his cargo pants, 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Jason loved nothing better than shoplifting skin colour or sheer high waist nylon laddies underwear from Big W wearing them out of the stores under his cargo pants, 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank 4pm every Saturday Townhead Park no oldies anything you want, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 180 cm; enquire
4pm every Saturday Townhead Park no oldies anything you want, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 180 cm
Dale Frank Jeff and Gavin, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Jeff and Gavin, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank He was so afraid of close contact he invented mysterious skin ailments he profusely talked about, 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
He was so afraid of close contact he invented mysterious skin ailments he profusely talked about, 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank She grew up in Maitland and hated fried rice but thought the Coquun restaurant was the best place for pancakes and for chatting up easy late night pick up waitresses., 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 180 cm; enquire
She grew up in Maitland and hated fried rice but thought the Coquun restaurant was the best place for pancakes and for chatting up easy late night pick up waitresses., 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 180 cm
Dale Frank Howie and Elise from the Darling Point high side of Greenoaks Avenue have for the last 20 years visited for 10 days each Easter the Rosco Club naturist camp at Freemans Waterholes with their twin sons, Sydney real estate agents, Emile and Rubin, but when Emile insisted upon bringing his boyfriend David the one bedroom with two king beds became an issue for Howie, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
Howie and Elise from the Darling Point high side of Greenoaks Avenue have for the last 20 years visited for 10 days each Easter the Rosco Club naturist camp at Freemans Waterholes with their twin sons, Sydney real estate agents, Emile and Rubin, but when Emile insisted upon bringing his boyfriend David the one bedroom with two king beds became an issue for Howie, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 150 cm
Dale Frank She grew up in Maitland and hated fried rice, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 180 cm; enquire
She grew up in Maitland and hated fried rice, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 180 cm
Dale Frank She often heard her Clitoris speak to her yelling enough already, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, BQueen resin, expanding foam, black aluminium, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
She often heard her Clitoris speak to her yelling enough already, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, BQueen resin, expanding foam, black aluminium, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank The Dark Lord of Testicular Orchitis, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
The Dark Lord of Testicular Orchitis, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex
160 x 120 cm
Dale Frank ADHD / ADFA session 7, 2021; Epoxyglass on iridescent Perspex; 120 x 120 cm; enquire
ADHD / ADFA session 7, 2021
Epoxyglass on iridescent Perspex
120 x 120 cm
Dale Frank Andrew squatting on the banks of the Helmand River over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles while trying to pick out the large crabs in his really long white ginger pubic hair, 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
Andrew squatting on the banks of the Helmand River over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles while trying to pick out the large crabs in his really long white ginger pubic hair, 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 260 cm
Dale Frank Sam squatting in Mirabad Valley over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles mastabating as he imagines his best mate back in Wodonga fucking Cheryl his fiancé., 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
Sam squatting in Mirabad Valley over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles mastabating as he imagines his best mate back in Wodonga fucking Cheryl his fiancé., 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 260 cm
Dale Frank Scotti squatting on the banks of the Helmand River over a hand dug latrine while feeling his three sore infected red piercings on his hard long pale shaft, 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Scotti squatting on the banks of the Helmand River over a hand dug latrine while feeling his three sore infected red piercings on his hard long pale shaft, 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank Ben and Ben squatting side by side on the banks of the Tiri Rud over hand dug latrines while discussing life sex manhood and what they could do to each other with a cucumber, 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, varnish, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Ben and Ben squatting side by side on the banks of the Tiri Rud over hand dug latrines while discussing life sex manhood and what they could do to each other with a cucumber, 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, varnish, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank Tony alone squatting on the banks of the Arghandab river over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles with a view that reminded him of Moama while all he could think about was his two school mates in Friday detention class at Echuca St Josephs College and why why he could not remember their names, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, varnish, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
Tony alone squatting on the banks of the Arghandab river over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles with a view that reminded him of Moama while all he could think about was his two school mates in Friday detention class at Echuca St Josephs College and why why he could not remember their names, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, varnish, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 150 cm
Dale Frank The Dark Lord of Testicular Torsion, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
The Dark Lord of Testicular Torsion, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex
160 x 120 cm
Dale Frank His anal polyps were a national emergency, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
His anal polyps were a national emergency, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
160 x 120 cm
Dale Frank Marcus and Steven, 2021; Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
Marcus and Steven, 2021
Interference colour pigment in Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 150 cm
Dale Frank Orange Walk, 2021; colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
Orange Walk, 2021
colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
160 x 120 cm
Dale Frank Why Narrandera is so interesting as a place to retire to, so many pubs and Banks for sale you could become the often spoken about royalty overnight, 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
Why Narrandera is so interesting as a place to retire to, so many pubs and Banks for sale you could become the often spoken about royalty overnight, 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 260 cm