Anthony Micallef is an artist that i ran into while browsing images of Ashley Olsen, who i am obsessed with. I saw this on peopledotcom and needed to do further research:
Upon further research, i discovered the following, which makes him my boyfriend, instantly:
Micallef's work illustrates many contemporary cultural aspects and connects them with the human experience. His use of neutral colors and depictions of the human form in a Frances Bacon like manner in his paintings delve beyond pop culture and bring to the surface many of the things that operate underneath the cultural construct.
He moved away from strict portraiture preferring to combine his exquisite draughtsmanship with a dark and passionate exploration of colour and contemporary expressionism as a means of dissecting what he sees as the frivolities of pop culture. He says; “The trouble with pop imagery is that it doesn’t really go deeper than the surface, you have to drag it down and challenge it to make it interesting. When you put two contrasting images together it causes friction and that is the bit I’m interested in.” In the present work, the dark, Bacon-esque smears to the face conjure unlooked for associations when combined with the delicately alluring roses, the juxtaposition revealing at once the saccharine seduction of colourful pop imagery and consumerism alongside its dark and troubling underbelly. This complexity and brutal beauty explain why Anthony Micallef has become one of the most promising young artists working in Britain today.
Words such as "Oh Lord, when is it my turn to be a star" depict such honest thoughts of a pop culture junkie.
Here are a few images from his website, which i recommend all of you look at:
1 comment:
ooh, Barbie as Mary. Fab
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