Just Looking: Jee Young Lee
To call James Cousins (Christchurch, New Zealand, 1965), a landscape painter is quite an understatement – although a significant proportion of his work is largely influenced by local flora […]
The turn of the 20th century brought on exciting new changes across the world. Socially, the rigid confines of the 1800s weakened, allowing citizens to lead a freer and even […]
The High Renaissance consisted of a continuation of the Classical ideologies which were ‘re-discovered’ in the quattrocento, during the Early Renaissance. Evidence of the Classical past not only influenced the […]
The Analytical phase of Cubism involved, despite forms still remaining legible, the breaking of closed form, and the incorporation of illusionism. As seen in Violin and Palette, Braque has fragmented […]
Like the Analytical phase of Cubism, the Synthetic phase conveyed a sense of the tableau-objet (painting as a subject in itself). However, this was brought to a new level where […]
“My practice scrutinizes ideas relating to the body and the grotesque. I draw my inspiration from Science Fiction, Horror, Surrealism, Cartoons, Comic books and folk art. Undecidability is utilized within […]
Tracey Emin is a name that even when uttered through the tightest pursed lips breathes a brutal honesty across nations, cultures, and ages. Her work is as raw and wretched […]
The quatrefoil – the symbolic canvas with which Max Gimblett (b. 1935, New Zealand) is most commonly associated. This symbol dating back to pre-Christian times has been found across […]
As an exponent of Colour painting, Stephen Bambury’s work revolves around persistent explorations of colour, paint, and surface as a subject in itself. Unlike his contemporaries who busied themselves with […]