Friday Night
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Contemporary
Friday Night
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 213 x 197 cm
Date 1988
Details

signed lower left: Pasquale Giardino

Stock Number 930566
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"In Friday Night, 1988 Pasquale Giardino pursued a less mythological approach than was taken in Greed, producing a documentary-style work which depicted his late-night encounters, out on the town. Included is the drug taker, pinned to the ground by his addiction, the Hells Angels revving-up before trying their chance against death, and the prostitutes out on the search for clientele. Associated is Albert Tucker's Images of Modern Evil, and specifically, a precursor to the series, entitled Pick Up, 1941." Allen, T., ROAR and quieter moments from a group of Melbourne artists 1980 - 1993, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1995, p.34

Provenance

The artist

Bernie Jones, Melbourne

William Mora Gallery, 1988

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Annual Collectors' Exhibition 2008, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, cat. no. 59

Literature

Allen, T., ROAR and quieter moments from a group of Melbourne artists 1980 - 1993, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1995, p.34, ill. p.41

Annual Collectors' Exhibition 2008, Malakoff Fine Art Press, Melbourne, 2008, p.56

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