Written By Tesha Malott

BLAKE MALONE
”DON’T THINK TWICE”

MANNING, LEVEL 1 (2022)

Image: Blake Malone, R 2021. Abstract colour block painting with blue and green, white rectangle to the left with yellow outline and small rectangles of red, white and yellow. Bottom right, "R." in digital font

Blake Malone, R., 2021. Oil on linen, 30 x 30 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Blake’s artistic practice involves a critical form of painting. Consciously changing his techniques and style painting to painting, he attempts to critique contemporary art’s tendency to become a marketable brand and commodifiable object; as a result of the growing impact of current political discourse on the art world.

Image: Blake Malone, Boots of Spanish leather, 2021-2022. Thick dark red paint over the whole canvas, with small marks made with scraping. Small black square in bottom left corner.

Blake Malone, Boots of Spanish leather, 2021-2022. Oil and enamel on French polyester, 35 x 46 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image: Blake Malone, Nights in white satin, 2021. Abstract painting with a green and beige background. Black mark top left, red circle bottom left, graphic blue shape bottom right. Brushstrokes of yellow, white and blue across the background.

Blake Malone, Nights in white satin, 2021. Oil on satin, 120 x 90 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image: Blake Malone, Fragments, 2021. Blue background with a white border. Abstract black marks forming what seems to be a sillouette of a tree and forest clearing.

Blake Malone, Fragments, 2021. Oil on clear primed canvas, 55 x 50 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Blake Malone is an artist living and working in Sydney, Australia. Blake is currently undertaking a Master of Fine Arts - Painting at USyd. Blake's works have been exhibited in multiple exhibitions nationally and internationally, including in Japan, Finland and Sweden.

Image: Installation view, Blake Malone, Don't think twice, 2022. 4 paintings hung on the wall of a university seating area. There is a vertical screen and a column between the two left paintings.

Blake Malone, Don’t think twice, 2022, installation view. Photography by Rachel Lai.

Image: Process image of Blake Malone. Figure hunched over sits infront of colourful paintings with black marks.

Process image of Blake Malone in studio, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.

Verge Projects is a platform that aims to strengthen the University of Sydney community and networks through on-campus art activations. Verge Projects delivers community engaged projects led by and in collaboration with student and student groups. Stepping outside of art faculties and spaces, this program encourages inclusive and creative experiences campus wide.

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