Ah, the carnival: an electrifying destination full of astonishment! Mark Ogge’s paintings teeter between blurred memories of childhood wonder and sobering realities of adulthood, highlighting supernatural moods that ooze from nights at the circus, carnival, and fairground. Born 1966 in Melbourne, Australia, Ogge paints expressions that shift between intense engagement and amazement, creating works that attract and disturb by depicting thrilling attractions like rollercoasters, haunted houses, and circus tents that disappear into thick fog, seemingly abandoned with no people in sight. Ogge’s paintings appear to have manifested in a deep dream or trance-like state, with thick brushstrokes blotting out refined details like decades-old memories. Whether riding the spinning teacups & rollercoasters, walking around the food stalls, or perusing the mask shop, anyone can discover the erry deja-vu feeling present in these works of art.
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Pensive Eye
Contrasting the global, pandemic-enforced trend of living life through technology instead in person, Matthew Couper’s exploration of what social isolation might look like starts from an island in the middle of the ocean. For the artist, desert islands and desert proper are both metaphors for survival and reflect a bigger picture of what survival means […]
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Green Fairy Garden Gate
La Forgia started as a dream of owner Enzo Cinquegrana more than 20 years ago. A sculptor frustrated with the art gallery scene, Enzo dove head first into forging as a method to express his sculptural abilities. When he discovered forged metal could satisfy his need to create sculptural forms and his desire to have […]
