Dark Horse Experiment

The latest new arts initiative to hit the primary art market in July will be Dark Horse Experiment.

This exciting new concept emerges from collaboration between Stephen Nall, formerly Dickerson Gallery and artists Adrian Doyle and Joel Gailer. Doyle and Gailer have previously directed Michael Koro Galleries (MKG).

The same gallery space in Franklin Street, Melbourne has been re-newed to provide a high quality exhibition space for traditional and ‘new media’ performance art. The gallery will maintain and extend its experimental theme and provide artists with specialised promotional support in the development of their career.

‘It will exhibit ground-breaking young emerging artists and a handful of influential established artists,’ Nall says.

Nall will take on the role of Managing Director of the space with co-directors, Doyle and Gailer providing complimentary curatorial advice and support. Doyle and Gailer will now be able to devote more of their time to their art practice and will exhibit in the new space.

‘The philosophy of the gallery has been to provide project space for experimentation in a nurturing environment. The gallery will appeal to cutting edge artists that just need the right environment and experienced support to flourish. I am confident that this ‘experiment’ will make a big impact on the commercial gallery art scene in Melbourne, which has been devoid of anything that really inspired me for years’ says Nall. ‘The artists we represent will often have hidden qualities – ‘dark horse’ status, if you will. Curatorial selections will be determined on the basis of a quality aesthetic however there will be an emphasis on what’s new and relevant now.’

The launch exhibition is titled, ‘The New Field’, in homage to the inaugural exhibition of the NGV held in August 1968 and a tongue-in-cheek reference to the new name of the gallery – Dark Horse Experiment. The exhibition will have a work by each of the artists the gallery will represent.