Exhibiting Artist        
Emma Currie
Exhibition Dates         
August  28th – September 2nd
Art Sales + Enquiries        
art@thedesignfiles.net

The western art canon is a parade of famous female nudes, almost all of which have been painted by men. Emma Currie’s new show ‘Venus in Repose’ creates a dialogue with this tradition, connecting an archetypal femininity with a lyrical pastel palette to introduce a new visual language with which to view these familiar female forms.

Emma commands agency for her lounging bodies, many of which are direct references from classical art history: Modigliani's Nu couché, Matisse’s Blue Nude II, Cezanne’s The Large Bathers, and Manet’s Olympia.

Emma’s soft new coda represents the contradictions and conflicts of contemporary womanhood. 









The large bathers

121.9 x 152.4cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$4,000
SOLD



Of course you are

101.6 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.

$2,500
SOLD





She should study the game,
as she is both player and pawn

60.9 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,800
SOLD



Regarding me, regarding you

60.9 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,800
SOLD


Venus in repose

121.9 x 91cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$2,900
SOLD

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“Though not necessarily attempting to subvert the male gaze through any new form of representation, I am rather co opting this classical language in order to gain a sense of agency over it.”
- Emma Currie



Reclining nude II

40.6 x 50.8cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,400
SOLD



Olympia

101.6 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$2,500
SOLD



Indelible muse

60.9 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak. 
$1,800
SOLD


Blue nude

60.9 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,800
SOLD




An acceptable nude

40.6 x 50.8cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,400
SOLD



Reclining nude I

121.9 x 91cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$2,900
SOLD


A woman with her shapes

60.9 x 76.2cm Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,800
SOLD


On seeing and being seen

60.9 x 76.2cm
Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,800
SOLD


Romanticising the patriarchy

40.6 x 50.8cm Oil on canvas, Framed in stained Tasmanian oak.
$1,400
SOLD


SHIPPING + COLLECTION

Works can be shipped within Australia + internationally at an additional cost, or picked up directly from TDF Collect in Collingwood, Melbourne.

Couriers within Melbourne can also be arranged at an additional cost to the buyer. 

TDF Collect will be open for artwork pick ups following the exhibition closing Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. 

Artworks are oil and canvas, framed in stained Tasmanian oak. 









EXHIBITION DETAILS (PENDING LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS)

Presales open Thursday August 12th

‘Venus in Repose’ by Emma Currie
Saturday August 28th – Thursday September 2nd

Opening drinks Saturday August 28th from 2pm

Supported by Dulux, Bodriggy + Minimum Wines

TDF Collect
14 Little Oxford Street
Collingwood, Melbourne

HOURS 

Saturday 10am-4pm
Sunday 11am-3pm
Monday Closed
Tuesday-Thursday 10am-4pm   

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