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House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne

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House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne
ArtistHoward Arkley
Year1988
Mediumsynthetic polymer paint on canvas
Dimensions174.7 cm × 400.0 cm (68.8 in × 157.5 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Websitehttps://artsearch.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=16097

House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne is a 1988 painting by Australian artist Howard Arkley. The diptych depicts a house typical of those in suburban Melbourne, reflecting Arkley's interest in Australian suburbia. The source was a real estate advertisement showing a house in Deer Park, an outer western suburb of Melbourne.[1]

Although the image is familiar and cheerful, almost like an advertisement in a real estate magazine, there is something alienating and isolated about the obsessive neatness, lack of human figures and the shadowy windows.

— National Gallery of Australia, [2]

The painting is part of the collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, purchased directly from the artist in 1988.

Further reading

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  • Gregory, John (2006). Carnival in Suburbia: The Art of Howard Arkley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521868955.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory, John (20 November 2009). "House and Garden Western Suburbs, Melbourne 1988". ArkleyWorks. Estate of Howard Arkley. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ "House and garden, Western suburbs, Melbourne". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 9 August 2019.