Painting Meaningless Hand Signing Gestures

Shown at the Hoxton Lion & Lamb Christmas Show December 13th- January 4th Images inspired by the sign language interpreter, Thamsanqa Jantjie, accused of making “meaningless gestures” as millions watched the Nelson Mandela memorial service. It was said, he communicated nothing with his hand and arm movements. Whilst Slavoj Žižek stated his performance translated an…

Frank Holls master of Social realism at the Watts Gallery

By Giuseppe Marasco Instinctively ethicial in his approach as a painter. The 1980s RA exhibition hard times was the last time the public had a chance to be familair with this artist. One whose mission was to make an art that could show universal truths. Holls the Consummate artist Holl’s benifited from this new branch…

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Lowry The Unknown

There are other Lowry’s, yet it seems Memes never die. With the Press Accidently repeating exactly what T.J.Clark and Wagner Want to get the public away from. T.J.Clark, one of the most highly regarded Art historian’s suggests that though the shift in perception in Lowry may not be the leap that he hopes, it is…

Mexican Artist Damián Ortega – Apestraction – (Honey Brush & other things)

Apestraction. Exhibition By Mexican artist Damián Ortega. Curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas. http://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitions/75095/apestraction/ Damián Ortega (Key words: Homo Faber : Hands) (Damián Ortega Mythic language organ. Object / organ 2013 5 individual pieces, concrete and pigment 12 3/16 x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (31 x 27 x 27 cm) © Damián Ortega…

Painting in the 2.5th Dimension.

By Giuseppe  Marasco Exhibition ends Sunday 11th August A thematically tight exhibition. Were much of the works could be called painting with out painting. Much of the work nods to a modernist or abstract expressionist past. But possesses few of the hang ups we might have in Europe about negotiating those positions. There is a…