Richard Mosse
Flower of the Mountain - 2011
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Gordon Cheung
Ashes to Ashes - 2012
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Alex Hoda
Double Helix - 2009
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'Edel Assanti' is a show curated by Gordon Cheung.
'Flower of the Mountain' by Richard Mosse, is a fascinating sculpture, it feels like there is liquid paint being squeezed out from base and also poured over the work. I love the way the paint surrounds the shapes of the piece and the contrast in texture of the materials used underneath the paint.
'Ashes to Ashes' by Gordon Cheung a large painting (150 x 200cm) I am interested in his paintings and the techniques he uses, the newspaper is used as a ground for the piece and he then uses spray paint, ink jet spray and oil to overlay detail. The oil paint is applied using an iceing bag, I like the contrast of the swirls of colour which are applied thickly to an otherwise smooth, slick surface. The painting has a ghostly, surreal atmosphere and includes characters from scooby-doo!
'Double Helix' by Alex Hoda is a sculpture of the shape of a man and is made up of plastic toys, spiders, leaves, flowers and chain's tied together with string, glue gun and chains. It is a strange construction of wierd items which individually look like the artist may well have raided a pound shop! However placed together and wraped in chains the piece is reminiscent of childhood memories. The bright garish colours and tight structure has inspired me to paint from the photo's I took, it reminds me of some of Albert Oehlen's paintings, where there is so much infomation pushed into one canvas.
