• LESLEY KEHOE GALLERIES presents

    ARTISTS IN FOCUS

    INTERIM WEBSITE

     
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    WELCOME TO OUR ARTISTS IN FOCUS SITE

    lesleykehoegalleries.online

    Whilst we patiently await the completion of our new website, curatorial content is created and gradually added with each artist we bring into focus

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    Before You Explore

    AN INVITATION

    We invite you to recall the conditions most conductive to your enjoyment of art - perhaps the quietude and serenity of our recently vacated 101 Collins St gallery space, and allow yourself a mental health moment to indulge in the appreciation of Japanese art & culture.
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    Artists pages

    DISCOVER THE ARTIST

    Interspersed with selected works and exhibition images, these curatorial pages introduce the artist, the traditions from which their work emerges and their contribution to the contemporary landscape.
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    In accompanyment

    EXPLORE THE ARTISTRY

    Accompanying each artist page are one or more pages dedicated to statements, images and insights offered by the artist on exemplary works, signature techniques, themes, concepts and influences.
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    Artforms pages

    ORIGINS TO ORIGINALITY

    In the artists we represent, we're drawn to artistry that not only acknowledges the historical and cultural origins and traditions from which their work emerges, but reinterprets, revives and transcends them. These pages invite an appreciation of context, craftsmanship and conoisseurship

  • Available Works

    Metalwork

    AVAILABLE WORKS

  • MITSUMOTO TAKESHI

    SHUMEI KOBAYASHI

    MAIO MOTOKO

  • TRADITION & TRANSCENDENCE

    Acknowledgment of tradition, cultural and artistic, yet transcending it

    MASTERY

    mastery of technique and creative use thereof;

    CONCEPTUAL INTEGRITY

    articulated philosophy

    CREATIVITY

    the artist’s unique spiritual expression

    THE X FACTOR

    The culminating 'x' factor which elicits that inexplicable, inexpressible 'wow' that tells us we are in the presence of greatness.

  • ARTIST SELECTION

    The LKG criteria for a truly great contemporary artist

     

    acknowledgment of tradition, both cultural and artistic, yet superseding and recreating it;

     

    mastery of technique and material, and uniquely creative use thereof;

     

    articulated philosophy of the work and the artist's relationship to it;

     

    the artist's unique creative inspiration

     

    and a culminating 'x' factor which elicits that inexplicable, inexpressible 'wow' that tells us we are in the presence of greatness.

  • What to explore

    MENU ITEMS - QUICK GUIDE

    ARTISTS

    Discover the artist, the qualities of their artistry and accomplishments from the gallerist's perspective

    INSTALLATIONS

    Explore the artist's work amidst the insights they offer into their inspirations, signature techniques,

    ARTFORMS

    Learn about the historical and cultural conditions from which the contemporary mnaife artforms emerged

    ARTWORKS

    View a selection of available artworks

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