FRESH PAINT MAGAZINE, 14 JUNE 2016.
FP: Tell us a little bit about your background. When did you decide to dedicate your life to painting?
DM: I grew up in a suburban bit of the Black Country, an area in the Midlands that is historically famed for being the engine room of the Industrial Revolution. I was an only child and followed most of the clichés of being good in my own company and a bit of a dreamer.
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FP: Tell us a little bit about your background. When did you decide to dedicate your life to painting?
DM: I grew up in a suburban bit of the Black Country, an area in the Midlands that is historically famed for being the engine room of the Industrial Revolution. I was an only child and followed most of the clichés of being good in my own company and a bit of a dreamer.
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THIS IS TOMORROW, 09 March 2016.
Dean Melbourne is an artist whose oeuvre is dizzying in its profusion of interpretations. Religious, literary and metaphysical allusions saturate his imagery with symbolism and give it a refreshing depth in the world of minimalist art affairs. In visiting the artist’s new exhibition, ‘This Myth’, we encounter the narratives of Dante, Boccaccio and Shakespeare married together in a mesmerising spectacle. The exhibition, skilfully curated by Coates & Scarry, is above all an ode to transformation and harks back to Ovid’s ‘Metamorphosis’. READ MORE
Dean Melbourne is an artist whose oeuvre is dizzying in its profusion of interpretations. Religious, literary and metaphysical allusions saturate his imagery with symbolism and give it a refreshing depth in the world of minimalist art affairs. In visiting the artist’s new exhibition, ‘This Myth’, we encounter the narratives of Dante, Boccaccio and Shakespeare married together in a mesmerising spectacle. The exhibition, skilfully curated by Coates & Scarry, is above all an ode to transformation and harks back to Ovid’s ‘Metamorphosis’. READ MORE
LONDONIST, 07 March 2016.
Dean Melbourne: This Myth at Gallery 8
Coates and Scarry offer their best London exhibition yet. These surreal and expressive paintings, covering mythical themes, are brilliant. It's a rare treat to see good figurative contemporary painters, and Melbourne delivers. Free, until 12 March READ MORE
Dean Melbourne: This Myth at Gallery 8
Coates and Scarry offer their best London exhibition yet. These surreal and expressive paintings, covering mythical themes, are brilliant. It's a rare treat to see good figurative contemporary painters, and Melbourne delivers. Free, until 12 March READ MORE
FAD MAG, 06 March 2016.
Coates and Scarry are back with another pop up at this Mayfair gallery and it’s their best one yet. These fantastical paintings with their energetic style are wonderful. Until 12 March. READ MORE
Coates and Scarry are back with another pop up at this Mayfair gallery and it’s their best one yet. These fantastical paintings with their energetic style are wonderful. Until 12 March. READ MORE
AESTHETICA, 23 February 2016.
Dean Melbourne unveils his second solo show in London this February at Gallery 8. Curated by Coates and Scarry, This Myth showcases Melbourne’s most recent paintings and works on paper. Exploring the dark corners of his subconscious and fragments of mythology, Melbourne’s earthy oil paintings evoke a realm of otherworldly figures in the midst of a wild Bacchanal. Creating hybrid creatures that play on myth and legend, Melbourne connects the bodily with the natural as foliage and figures transform into one. READ MORE
Dean Melbourne unveils his second solo show in London this February at Gallery 8. Curated by Coates and Scarry, This Myth showcases Melbourne’s most recent paintings and works on paper. Exploring the dark corners of his subconscious and fragments of mythology, Melbourne’s earthy oil paintings evoke a realm of otherworldly figures in the midst of a wild Bacchanal. Creating hybrid creatures that play on myth and legend, Melbourne connects the bodily with the natural as foliage and figures transform into one. READ MORE
HERO MAGAZINE, 26 February 2016.
Journeying through the human psyche and exploring one’s individual interpretation of mythologies and legends is the premise behind artist Dean Melbourne’s second solo exhibition, This Myth. Like previous work, the artist explores the realms of fantasy, nature and the human body helping to form a sharp narrative from imagination to canvas. READ MORE
Journeying through the human psyche and exploring one’s individual interpretation of mythologies and legends is the premise behind artist Dean Melbourne’s second solo exhibition, This Myth. Like previous work, the artist explores the realms of fantasy, nature and the human body helping to form a sharp narrative from imagination to canvas. READ MORE
WIDEWALLS, February 2016.
It’s a common perception that mythology is exclusively related to a collective, to a large group of people. Myth is usually defined as a traditional or legendary story, collection, or study, and it often has its roots in irrational thinking or collective unconscious. READ MORE
It’s a common perception that mythology is exclusively related to a collective, to a large group of people. Myth is usually defined as a traditional or legendary story, collection, or study, and it often has its roots in irrational thinking or collective unconscious. READ MORE
AS FEATURED IN WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL, February 2016.
Dean Melbourne unveils his second solo show in London this February at Gallery 8. Curated by Coates and Scarry, This Myth showcases Melbourne’s most recent paintings and works on paper. Exploring the dark corners of his subconscious and fragments of mythology, Melbourne’s earthy oil paintings evoke a realm of otherworldly figures in the midst of a wild Bacchanal. READ MORE
Dean Melbourne unveils his second solo show in London this February at Gallery 8. Curated by Coates and Scarry, This Myth showcases Melbourne’s most recent paintings and works on paper. Exploring the dark corners of his subconscious and fragments of mythology, Melbourne’s earthy oil paintings evoke a realm of otherworldly figures in the midst of a wild Bacchanal. READ MORE