"I see what is there, what I have to do beyond definitions of beauty and art. Beyond yourself. You must always go beyond yourself to what you imagine art can be in your time".
–Dale Frank, 2022
Exhibition Dates: 3 June – 2 July 2022
"I see what is there, what I have to do beyond definitions of beauty and art. Beyond yourself. You must always go beyond yourself to what you imagine art can be in your time".
–Dale Frank, 2022
In Dale Frank's 35th solo show at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery since 1982, the artist strikes out once again in a quest to answer what art can do and where it can take us. Armed with his repertoire of materials - perspex, pigmented varnish and epoxyglass - he pushes his own limits and ours simultaneously, arriving at the most expansive exploration of these materials we have seen. Within swirls of vivid, fluorescent colour and shimmering, metallic pigments, we are left to ponder the limits of materiality as Frank expertly charters course to places unknown. How far can he go as a painter? How far can he push the medium? Where can he take the viewer? What do we see in his paintings? In these psychedelic voyages, space and time are suspended. In the depths of vast constellations, the artist navigates beyond the limitations of the corporeal, maximising the potential of his medium. This time we disappear into the all-seeing eye of a universe, dive through the centre of a whirlpool, enter the epicentre of galaxies; to end up beyond ourselves, beyond the known, in the boundless space of beauty and art.
– Victoria Scott
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 35th solo exhibition with the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
![Dale Frank Everything was a ghost, shadows, as he confused his full term pregnant daughter-in-law, reminding him of a hitch hiker already 2 months pregnant he gave a lift to when he was 18, who he had never forgotten, tied in knots and drowning in need, to be played by Brand Pitt, 2022; Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; more info; enquire](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/kp/Hd/9146c060-cba4-4914-a1de-6a96f5abdd25/thumb-480.jpg)
Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
![Dale Frank Brian “Tiger” started a home cleaning business, successfully making quite a fortune, and was often found after Tech, 3 nights a week, in a maids uniform vacuuming the coaches carpets, and Brian still did Coach Jeff’s laundry, 2022; Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; more info; enquire](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/JY/lL/18ddf8de-666d-4dca-b9ed-0e4d2be72a18/thumb-480.jpg)
Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
![Dale Frank Michele pulled back the curtains, the sun burning her already crimson eyes, as she watched a lone jogger passing by, thinking this had been the night her life surely changed, turning back jumping into bed, she and 90 kilo round Rhonda, and Scissors, her Maltese, bounced out onto the timber floor, 2022; Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; more info; enquire](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/TM/FD/10a55959-0d5a-480a-bb42-8ddb01c2aa52/thumb-480.jpg)
Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
![Dale Frank Shannon and Dave, met online thru Gay matchmaker, and then met for the first time at the Bistro at Wallsend Diggers Club enjoying Keno and a few beers for several hours, finding they had a lot in common, that both were working at Yancoal Walkworth Coal mine, but leaving was confusing as both Shannon and Dave had white Toyota Hilux dual cabs, both with child restraint seats, 2022; Colour pigments in Epoxyglass, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 260 cm; more info; enquire](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/Gc/O5/ef3d9a3f-9aab-4389-a96f-86a6c034ee5d/hero-960.jpg)
Colour pigments in Epoxyglass, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 260 cm
![Dale Frank Nathan (previous subject) and Dr Neville Melfase-Jayawardana - ceased being Nathan's Urologist after confirmation Nathan’s testicles are not cancerous - and now in a relationship - plan on moving to Sri Lanka when they have enough money saved., 2022; Colour pigments in Epoxyglass, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; more info; enquire](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/Fo/2A/3b1ef88e-74ea-4840-937c-e5792dc400f3/thumb-480.jpg)
Colour pigments in Epoxyglass, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
![Dale Frank Neville was called the ‘duck' around Henry Lawson Avenue Singleton Heights not especially because of his overbite or excessively large bottom lip or even his large arse duck walk, but because he always struck out chatting to the high school girls daily at the bus stop, 2022; Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; more info; enquire](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/WM/PC/c0cc8b3a-dbf6-43ab-b4f1-871084e89d6d/thumb-480.jpg)
Colour pigments in Easycast, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
Dale Frank Alicia’s thirteen puppies in an old Adidas bag
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024
Dale Frank Growers and Showers
National Art School, 2024
Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024
Dale Frank Jacob took seven minutes before he could piss
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2023
Dale Frank this is a floatation device, this is not a life saving device
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022
Dale Frank The Omega Variant Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2021
Dale Frank Shaun taught piano
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2020
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019
Group Show, The Like Button
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018-19
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018
Group Show, State of Play
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
Group Show, Shut Up and Paint
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2016-17
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Dale Frank SABCO PEROXIDE
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2015
Dale Frank Toby Jugs
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014
Dale Frank Nobody's Sweetie
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013
Dale Frank WACKY DUCK FLUFFY TOM
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011
Dale Frank Charlie Cox
123 Albert Street, Brisbane, 2011
Dale Frank Ice Age
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010
Dale Frank Some Boring Paintings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
Dale Frank Sore Throat
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005
Dale Frank Modern Art Paintings For Sale
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2004
Dale Frank Views from the Bruce Highway
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2003
Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2001
Group Show, All Stars
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2000
Dale Frank John Cougar Mellencamp A Sydney Lap Dog the Perfect Drug
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2000
Dale Frank A few paintings in the small room
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1999
Dale Frank Paintings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1998
Dale Frank MOVIE SHOW: new collage
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1997
Dale Frank Pool room
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1996
Dale Frank Social Realism
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1996
Group Show, Stockroom
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995
Dale Frank I'm Only Dancing
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1992
Dale Frank Recent small drawings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1992
Group Show, Christmas show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1991
Dale Frank Recent Work
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1991
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1990
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1990
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1989
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1986
Group Show, The Forbidden Object
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1986
Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1985
Group Show, Australian Visions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1984
Dale Frank Death
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1984
Group Show, Dreams and Nightmares
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1984
Dale Frank Punchline
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1983