Art

I haven't been to one of Daniel's Opening for ages...yes..sorry Dan..most of the time it just clashes with work...but yesterday since its my offday, We took the opportunity to see his late st work. Its call Life+Death held at Majorca Windows, Degraves St Melbourne...

here's a snippet from the web about my talented best friend :)

Daniel Dorall

b. 1979 Penang, Malaysia Arrived in Australia in 2003 Currently based in Melbourne, Australia Daniel Dorall completed a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne in 2005 having previously earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with honours at the University of Malaya in 2002. His held his first one-person exhibition Maze at the George Paton Gallery in 2005 and was awarded the University of Melbourne Student Union arts grant. Since then he has held solo exhibitions including Lemmings at Mailbox 141, Corridor at Red Gallery and Slide at Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Space. Recent group exhibitions include Artefact at Melbourne City Museum, Size Matters at Albury Regional Art Gallery, Something Old Something New: The sculpture show at John Buckley Gallery, Behind the Scenes at the Museum at Yarra Sculpture Gallery and Small World at Blindside A.R.I. In 2008 Dorall will exhibit his solo works at The Kiosk The Physics Room in Christchurch in May and Majorca Windows Platform Artist Group in July. Daniel Dorall is represented by Dianne Tanzer Gallery and will be having his first commercial solo show there in September 2008. About the Artist Daniel Dorall learned his model making skills during his initial training as an architect. However, when applied to a fine art context, his exquisitely made constructions no longer have to be functional and Dorall is free to make leaps of logic and stream of consciousness decisions. Consequently, there is a surreal quality to the works - sometimes the narratives are reminiscent of movie scenes, sometimes they seem to spring from dreamscapes, presenting fragments of the larger picture. They are at once recognisable, but mysterious.

This is my fave piece from his collections called THE APARTMENT