Rock & Role Model (press release)

 Q. What do a Neo Fauvist artist and a Rockstar have in common ?

 A. The Archibald Prize

 No, this is not some attempt at highbrow humour but the latest project for Hunter Valley based artist Peter Sesselmann. The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize and is  the most prominent of all arts prizes in Australia. The Archibald is unique in that the subject should be considered to be someone “distinguished in art, science or politics”. So what subject would be best to compliment an artist such as Peter who is known for his loud vivid  colourful  style ?

 Well someone with a loud, vivid style of their own; enter local music identity Craig “Rosie” Rosevear. Best known as the driving beat behind the legendary Screaming Jets and now the Principal of the successful Rosie’s School of Rock the pair met when Peter and his wife Anita (talented musicians of their own right) enrolled his children Brie and Miles into Rosie’s music school. “I wanted to create a painting with volume and energy” says Peter, anyone who has met  Rosie knows that he is volume and energy on two legs”.

The painting process ,which took place in Sesselmann’s impressive Sawyers Gully studio / gallery (located in the Hunter Valley Vineyards) was also characterized by an appropriate soundtrack to such a loud and energetic painting. “Rosie brought in a CD of AC/DC Live in Paris to play while he sat and I painted, when we got through with that I put on one of my favourites “Santana” says Sesselmann.

 “You can hear the “Rock” in the painting “ says Rosevear.. Besides capturing Rosevear’s energy on canvas, Sesselmann, who has previously placed in the prestigious Amnesty International "Freedom" Art Awards, cleverly combined Rosie’s past and present callings by combining his Rock and Roll  pastime with his passion for mentoring the next generation of Rock Musicians via Rosie’s School of Rock, in fact Peter claims that Rosie is the ultimate  “Rock and Role Model”.

Scape
opening wednesday 13th april 2005, 6 - 8pm exhibition concludes sunday 24th april
Featuring work by :
Peter Sesselmann,  Mark Hanham,  Renee Coren,  Diablo, Sonia McMullan,  Danielle Rzepecki,  George Byrne, Pat Hirst,  Chelli Kover,  plus many more.... 

gallery hours:   tues - sat 11am - 6pm    sun 12pm - 4pm
afternoon drinks:  saturday 23rd april from 2 - 4 pm
global gallery
5 comber street paddington nsw 2021
tel +612 9360 5728 fax +612 9331 5518
info@globalgallery.com.au   
     www.globalgallery.com.au

Things that make you go hmmm
Finished Jan 2006
Sold over 22 paintings

Studio
Peters New Art Studio/Gallery is currently under construction and is expected to be completed by June 2007

Sydney Invitational Golf
Peter Sesselmann is a sponsor of the Sydney Invitational Golf tournament and a selection of Peters art will be up for Auction on the Gala Evening. For more information goto:
http://www.sydneyinvitational.com.au

Amnesty International Art Awards

Breaking NEWS: Peter has just won the 2nd price in the Amnesty international "Freedom Art Prize" peoples choice award.

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