#art16

[mordkatze]

tHIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUCKIGN SPRITE BUT NO I HAD TO GO OVERBOARD well heres my sHITTY interp of trickster!chara

[matthewjameshunt]

Bleach, 2015, by Justin Bower. Oil on Canvas, 183 x 152cm. Shown by UNIX Gallery at Art16, Olympia, in May.

[matthewjameshunt]

Figure Writing Reflected in a Mirror, 1977, by Francis Bacon. Lithograph in colours on Arches wove paper,, 104 x 72.5cm. Shown by Gildens Arts Gallery at Art16, Olympia, in May.

The breathtaking genius of Bacon screams from this modest piece.

[matthewjameshunt]

Europa and the Bull, by Olivia Musgrave. Bronze, 18 x 13.5 x 9cm. Ed 1 of 9. Shown by John Martin Gallery at Art16, Olympia, in May.

[matthewjameshunt]

Pre-meal Exercise Boxing, by Shih Yung-Chun.130 x 162cm, Acrylic crayon canvas. Shown by 伊日藝術 YIRI ARTS, Taipei, at Art16, Olympia.

I love Yiri's description of this artist's work as "bewildered gloom".

[matthewjameshunt]

49. Harbour, Day, by Andrew Gifford. Oil on canvas, 135 x 106.5cm. Shown by John Martin Gallery at Art16, Olympia.

Another modern cityscape, but once morning has dawned.

Something of a nice 60s feel, no?

[matthewjameshunt]

Wapping I, 2015, by Thom Gorst. Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76cm. Shown by Anise Gallery, SE1, at Art16, Olympia.

Following yesterday's painting, here's another hyper-realistic depiction of decay. Gorst recently completed a PhD at the Glasgow School of Art, which examined the aesthetics of 'Post-industrial Maritime Dereliction'. Previously taking his subjects from real scenes of dereliction, his current practice takes imagined examples of it and abstracts them without context onto the canvas.

[matthewjameshunt]

The Dream of Ruined Lotus, 2015, by Huang Ming Chun. Oil on canvas, 160 x 260cm. Shown by Fish Art Center, Taiwan, at Art16, Oympia.

Some people ask, 'What is the point of hyper-realism?' I ask, 'What is the point of people who ask, "What is the point of hyper-realism?"?'