Dean Manning

12 months

Exhibition dates: Wed 2 April to Sat 19 April, 2008
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For the past year, Dean Manning (guitarist and songwriter for Leonardo’s Bride & Holidays On Ice) has swapped his guitar for a paint box.

Travelling through Mexico and Guatemala, driving across Australia and settling into the rural town in Temora, NSW, Dean stripped bare discarded closets and scoured local timber yards for wood to paint scenes inspired by election rallies, wrestling matches, speedways, greyhound meets & fairgrounds often figuring himself into the picture.

Previous exhibitions

2008 Group show. Salon Des Refuses. S.H. Irwin Gallery, Sydney.
2008 Group show. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2007 Group show. Salon Des Refuses. S.H. Irwin Gallery, Sydney.
2004 Group show. Salon Des Refuses. S.H. Irwin Gallery, Sydney.
2002 Group show. Spinning around: 50 years of Festival Records. Powerhouse Museum, Sydney