Photos scanned from Vogue Living Australia May/June 06
Dale Frank is a well known Australian artist recognized for his psychedelic, abstract paint splattered canvases. Frank worked in Europe and America during the 1980s before returning to Australia to eventually end up in this house of eclectic collectors furniture as bright and colorful as his paintings. Each room is painted a slightly different shade of green which meets the traditional patterned early 1900's carpet (which his "Grandma had in her good rooms") providing a bold pallet for the fascinating collection of collectors antiques alongside minimal contemporary furniture.
Bottom right: The "storm room" opened up onto the verandah. In the corner is the voluptuous form of Gaetano Pesce's 1969 classic for B&B Italia, the "Up 5" chair and ottoman. Next to it is an 1800's french brass sitting room lamp. On the steal "Dip" bench by B&B Italia sits an early Hannah Barlow lamp.
Photos scanned from Vogue Living Australia May/June 06
This is definitely my favorite room. Firstly the egg shell green sets off the carpet so nicely and the room has amazing light; helped obviously by the ceiling to floor mirror wall to the left. Then the combination of the minimalist pieces; the orange Spaghetti chair at the back there, the transparent perspex M Chair and Konstantin Grcic's "Chair One" just visible to the left with the array of colorful velvet antique Baroque; its just exciting. He is an exquisite curator of his own home.
A recent work of Dale Frank \\ "Body Odor expands your personal space" 2012 retrieved Anna Schwartz Gallery
Photos scanned from Vogue Living Australia May/June 06
The kitchen (top left) is the only room that is not green and instead fresh white. The feature of the room is the collection of wall mounted porcelain plates complimented nicely with the high gloss black table top and the "Louis Ghost" chairs by Kartell. The antique walnut bed heads are given an edge by the golden yellow contemporary Kartell bedside lamp which draws out the subtle spatters of yellow in the artists own painting behind.
"Im not sure if I am minimalist that likes collecting or a collector that likes minimalism"
Dale Frank, 2006 |
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