Artist Profile: David Horton, Dale Miles, Stephanie Monteith
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Artist Profile: David Horton, Dale Miles, Stephanie Monteith
Article by Joe Frost
Sydney Morning Hearld
In three solo exhibitions running concurrently at Australian Galleries, Sydney, NAS staff David Horton and Stephanie Monteith, and alumnus Dale Miles and made a persuasive case for artists following their curiosity irrespective of fashion. The trio were art students in the final decade of the twentieth century, and while their works exhibit few obvious signs of the twenty-first, the wrestle each has had with their medium and its traditions is yielding works of such strong, individual character, they show some of the best prospects of any of Australia’s mid-career artists.
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Image: David Horton, Melbourne, 2019 – 20, mild steel, painted, 20 x 188 x 64 cm
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