No Comments Written by Nicole Tattersall on May 18, 2010 – 1:08 pm

Melbourne artist Ralf Kempken has been cutting and spraying multi-layered stencils for years. From portraiture, iconic Melbourne cafes and modernist architecture. The underlying concept of his works has always been that we filter all we see through past experiences and memories…

Over the years Ralf made the stencil itself the artwork rather than the tool used to create it. If you have seen his works in the flesh you’ll know what I mean when I say that they are true optical illusions. From one point it seems like a pile of messy lines, until you take a step back and it all comes into focus and you see an image.

The exciting news is that Ralf Kempken is presenting a new solo exhibition of hand cut stencils and screens at Ochre Gallery in Collingwood. Drawing on personal and vintage photographs and film stills cut into paper, canvas, card and timber.

Who: Ralf Kempken
What: Stencil Exhibition
Where: Ochre Gallery, 32 - 34 Wellington Street, Collingwood
When: Exhibition: Saturday 15 May - Sunday 13 June