A World withOut End, an exhibition in 7 parts.
Curated by Shizico Yi
Lucy SM Johnston.- Suburban Love Story. Acrylic on Canvas. 90(h) x 60(w) cm
Through the use of joyous, vibrant colours and the filter of a kitsch nostalgia, two budgerigars cosseted in cherry blossom make the impossible dream seem attainable
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Gideon Pain. ‘Fast Bugs’, ‘Bug Crush’, Wild Shoots’ (left to right) . Acrylic and collage on paper, 70x 49cm/each painting.
These pictures are about how the natural world has been little affected by the pandemic and in many cases benefited as an indirect result.
These pictures are about how the natural world has been little affected by the pandemic and in many cases benefited as an indirect result.
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Angelo Troilo Top left : Spallanzani. Top Left: New Era. Top: Behind the Corner.
Spallanzani: there are two doctors in a white and a red suit. ISS - Higher Institute of Health, which well in this 2020 we began to know, reading the medical report, of the state of the Covid 19. It’s a work of this quarantine that as an artist I have a duty to leave to history. New Era: 2020 the year when everything changed, the point of no return. We are all facing radical change in the world. This is the time to decide where to stay as a human being, we can choose to live here on earth or look for a new place to call home. |
Analia Adorni, “Delicious nature”. Mixed medium on hardboard. 70x90 cm.2019
MY artworks explore the transformation in nature/culture. The ambiguity and the fine limits in the relationships nature/culture. Both, nature and culture are in continue transformation. The movements in nature spaces and landscapes depends of people’s activities, and people’s activities depend of the movements in nature (For example in this times of Covid: human activities are in dependence of natural events.)
Mark James Nicholls. ‘Cornish Superhero’- collage and gouache on paper, 36cm x 36cm.
Is this a time for superheroes? If so what should our contemporary superheroes look like? Not wearing a cape that’s for sure. This second-hand scrapbook superhero seems to suit our times, just as the piece itself is a collage of found and out of context images. He’s got Rembrandt’s nose, but there’s a smart phone ready for a selfie. Is the scallop face mask something to hide behind, or a death mask skull. Fatboy, the Cornish superhero might not be fit for purpose but he does seem fit for the times. --- Mark James Nicholls.
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Elisa Buscemi- Sicilian Superstitions – Bread
One of a series of three Sicilian Superstitions that recall on my heritage. “Turning the bread upside down at the table is like turning your back on Jesus” – This superstition varies from province to province and family to family. In mine, one could not leave the bread upside down because it would be like keeping the face of Jesus down – as disrespectful as it gets. |
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Peter Charalambides. Outrance 1, 40cm x 30cm & Outrance 2, 40cm x 40cm
Pen, Acrylic and Spray Paint on canvas Outrance Series is based on the exploration of the media, with particular attention on the portrayal of men and women within the realm of advertising. The piece also explores the concept of consumerism and the need to aspire and own. This is namely focused on the realms of high-end fashion and the perfumery sector, where the contrast between real life and that ‘aspirational’ life is at its most extreme. |
Karen Popham 'Dance Circle' (Not for Sale) - Oil on Canvas, 61 x 45
Concept: The Dance does not end. Individual figures leap and fall but the circle is never broken, like a wheel in perpetual motion, an image that I found both comforting and disturbing.
Lucy SM Johnston. Sorry I missed your call .
Inspired by art found in bedrooms of suburban 80's kids everywhere, these lips channel the promise of teenage daydreams. In times of trouble, we retreat into nostalgia - the both familiar and comforting, bright scarlet lips dominate against pop-art bright
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Kathy Gales . Bright Future
This urban landscape shows brightly coloured Chinese lanterns displayed in a shop. A female assistant in a black dress sits on a chair waiting, the pavement outside wet after a rain shower. The shop interior is full of brightly coloured goods. This image was made using Derwent Inktense pencils on Ampersand Clayboard. It is mostly drawn and worked into using sand paper and scraper tools. Water was added to give the effect of wet paving stones. The Chinese believe these lanterns signify a bright future!
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Mark James Nicholls
'Version 1: Influencer' Collage and gouache on paper. 33 x 56cm
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Scroll down - swipe right - swipe left - scroll up; our unfiltered social media feeds present “Influencer”. A fabrication of classic and ephemeral images. A fragmented, torn-up style icon in which Star Wars characters peer out from a cut-up Warhol’s Marilyn. A bright but empty light that no moth can resist. In a locked-down world of confused references, the lives of others become our window on reality and we become the influenced, randomly following the influencer. Time to “unfollow”? --Mark James Nicholls
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