Exhibitions
24th March 2009
at Dorothy’s Sister
265 Ponsonby Road
Auckland
6.30 pm
An exhibition by contemporary expressionist Mark Scarlett base on the showgirls poster art of the 1900’s by a diverse group of artists based in Paris, most notable Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Parisian painter/printmaker whose immersion in the decadent and theatrical lifestyle of early 19 century Paris yielded a substantial amount of provocative images of modern life.
For these artists the prospect of lucrative employment meant artists of outstanding ability began working for the first time in the service of commerce with their contemporary work becoming icons of the age. They found their subjects in the dance halls of Paris, like the world famous “Moulin Rouge”.
Mark has taken a similar route finding his subjects in Vera’s world famous “Dorothy’s Sister”.
