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Pop Culture & Collage Paintings By James Rawson

Posted on January 18, 2014 by theoelsby

‘birth of venus’
oil on canvas
100cm x 100cm

ABOUT JAMES RAWSON:

James Rawson is a postmodern pop artist, born 1989, in Norfolk England. Predominantly working in the medium of collage and painting, James found no inspiration in the beautiful Norfolk landscape he grew up in. Instead realizing the landscape of pop culture fed to him via the media had more relevance. James completed a BA Honors in Fine Art at Loughborough University in 2011. Exhibitions include ‘Diversity in Style’, ‘British art for the future’ at the Olyvia Fine Art gallery in London and is currently represented by the MAC Fine Gallery in Miami. After moving to London for a short period, he returned to his hometown in Norfolk where he now lives and works.

‘kate bait’
oil and spray paint on canvas
105cm x 105cm

‘splash attack’
oil on canvas
100cm x 100cm

James’ work blurs the boundaries between collage and painting, using preparatory paper collages as reference for his larger paintings. He aims to reflect the multilayered visual experience we all live in. Appropriating the very images that have become implicit in our society, James’ work disturbs our sense of reality and confuses our pre-conceived perception of popular culture.

‘bitches love cake’
oil on canvas
50cm x 50cm

‘shark bait’
mixed media on canvas
119cm x 163cm

‘one in the chamber’
oil and spray paint on canvas
75cm x 75cm

James’ work addresses one of the most important issues of the last 50 years; over- consumption, greed, inequality and life as a spectacle. James’ work screams at you, there is no room for prevarication. It deals with the ubiquity of advertising, sex selling everything, fast food and TV as the drug of a nation. So perhaps you don’t like what you see, the bawdy reality, the cheap thrill, the constant accumulation of sweet things, processed things, plastic things. Unnatural things: but it doesn’t take away from the fact it’s the truth. So on we go, round and round on our big fat merry-go-round while James puts up the mirror to our pathetic world of consumption.

‘all’s fair in love and war’
oil on canvas
102cm x 141cm

‘hobo with a shotgun’
oil and acrylic on canvas
119cm x 163cm

http://www.jamesrawson.co.uk/James_Rawson_Fine_Art/home.html

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Grail Stained Glass Sneaker Paintings By Bonafide Icon

Posted on January 12, 2014 by theoelsby

Bonafide Icon is a NYC- based contemporary graphic designer and illustrator, whose works are influenced by both popular advertising and sports/sneaker culture combined with references from 90′s nostalgia.

http://www.bonafideicon.com/

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Realistic Paintings By Linnea Strid

Posted on December 3, 2013 by theoelsby

These realistic paintings are by Linnea Strid who is a painter who lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.

Solo exhibitions:

2013. “A Quiet Place” (w/ Stephanie Buer) Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. “Washed Up And Left Behind” Galleri Diana, Uppsala, Sweden
2012. Forsbacka Bruk, Sandviken, Sweden
2012. Gästrik Konst, Sädesmagasinet in Gysinge, Sweden
2011. “As it falls over you” (w/ Nathan DeYoung) Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. Polishuset, Uppsala, Sweden
2009. Café Kingsgården, Lindesberg, Sweden
2009. “What The Water Gave Me” Galleri Kocks, Stockholm, Sweden
2009. Björk and Berries, Högbo, Sweden
2009. “Klotter” Kulturkiosken, Gävle, Sweden
2008. Kafé 44, Stockholm, Sweden
2008. “Brott Mot Icke-mänskligheten” Galleri Lucy Ford, Stockholm, Sweden
2007. “Insidan Utåt” Kulturkiosken, Gävle, Sweden
2003. Club Nórdico, Fuengirola, Spain

Group exhibitions:

2013. “God Konst”, Galleri Movitz, Stockholm, Sweden, coming up Dec 21 – Jan 2

2013. Konstdraget, Förvaltningshuset, Gävle, Sweden
2013. “LAX/PHL”, group show curated by Thinkspace, Gallery 309, Philadelphia
2013. Asia Hotel Art Fair at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
2013. “LAX/HKG” Group show curated by the Thinkspace Gallery, at Above Second Gallery, Hong Kong
2012. Pangeaseed Touring Art Show, US West Coast
2012. “Sur-Realism”, Arcadia Gallery, New York
2012. “Wild At Heart: Keep Wildlife in the Wild”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. “Picks of the Harvest”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. “Femme Fatale”, Cella Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. Affordable Art Fair at LA Live in Downtown. Los Angeles
2011. “Impetus” an exhibition curated by Thinkspace, The Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona, Tucson
2011. “Literal Eyes”London Miles Gallery, London
2011. “LAX / PDX” a curated exhibition from Thinkspace at Together Gallery, Portland
2010. “The New Realism” Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “5 Year Anniversary Group Show”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “Love Conquers All: Art For Equality “, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “The Next Generation – a New Chapter in Contemporary Art”, London Miles Gallery, London
2010. Art Walk Culver City, Los Angeles
2010. “Vision”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “LA 3010″ WWA Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “Give Me Space to Think” Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “Fresh” Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. Klubb Selma at Orange, Uppsala, Sweden
2009. Gustaf Engström Galleri, Uppsala, Sweden
2009. “In Process”, Carlson Tower Gallery of North Park University, Chicago
2009. Galleri Panorama Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2007. “Cute/Execute”, Galleri Art Lab, Stockholm, Sweden
2007. “En Annorlunda Verklighet”, Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden
2003. Museo de Historia, Fuengirola, Spain
2003. Casa del Ayuntamiento, Los Boliches, Spain
2002. Area de la Juventud, Fuengirola, Spain
2002. El Colegio Sueco, Fuengirola, Spain
2001. Euromarket, Mijas, Spain
2001. AHN (Asociación Hispano Nórdico), Fuengriola, Spain
2000. Euromarket, Mijas, Spain
2000. AHN (Asociación Hispano Nórdico), Fuengirola, Spain

http://www.linneastrid.se/

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Pop Culture Icons Photorealistic Paintings By Francois Chartier

Posted on November 28, 2013 by theoelsby

Self portrait

Lets go

Canadian artist Francois Chartier is behind these vivid and realistic still life paintings you can check out more of Francois art here at http://www.francoisc.com/.

Big Boy

looking for Louise

A vacation

You're in good

ILLOGICAL

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Realistic Paintings By Jorge Santos

Posted on November 21, 2013 by theoelsby

Inner Circle

80 x 80 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013

Maitre D’

66 x 80 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2012

Born in 1959, Jorge Santos is of Portuguese descent. His childhood was spent in Luanda, Angola before his family fled to Lisbon, Portugal in order to escape a violent political agenda. As Portugal sunk into its own revolution, Santos relocated to the United States in 1982. Through out these years, the artist consistently honed his draftsmanship as a form of escape from life’s unrest. Particularly struck by an Odd Nerdrum show at Forum Gallery, NY in the 90s, Santos began to experiment with and use paint thereafter.

Jorge Santos paintings are a profound display of picture making for the sheer purposes of formulating an all but transparent narrative via highly technical draftsmanship and paint handling. As a self-taught artist, the evolutionary process of his work is often subject to reconfiguration, repositioning, and refinement until the grand conclusion is met. Narrative is of such importance that even compositional concerns may be subordinate to the inclusion of a necessary motif in the storyline.

Night Fishing

67 x 106 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2012

Mail Order Bride

60 x 68 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2010

Dropping Notes

48 x 60 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013

http://www.jorgesantos.com