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Babak Ganjei is a London-based visual artist, poet, comic book writer and radio…

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Cedric Christie lives and works in London. His work is a critical appraisal…

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Chemical X is a pseudonymous British contemporary artist. His main works…

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Chris Levine is a light artist with a multi-disciplinary approach that harnesses...

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Justin, known as Curtains due to his stylish 'curtains' hairstyle from his…

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Dan David is an award winning stone carver based in Norwich.He trained at…

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Dave came to screen printing pretty late in life and has now become totally…

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Emma Salahi is the founder and director of Agony + Ecstasy Gallery and resides…

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Guerreroprojects is a Chilean artist living in France. She…

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Hannah Shillito is an emerging and groundbreaking British contemporary…

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Born in Australia, Heath Kane has spent much of his life in England; first in…

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Helena is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the…

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James Burke, based in Shoreditch, London, is a versatile visual artist…

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Lauren Baker, born 1982, is from Middlesbrough, UK. Currently she lives…

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Artist and designer Little Fish Design creates playful and humorous…

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Descending from Barcelona and Bilbao, the married artists focus their work in…

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Poppy Faun is a multi-disciplinary artist from Brighton, UK. Her…

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Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her glossy, colourful, pop…

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Shepard Fairey (b.1970) is an American contemporary street artist. graphic…

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The Cameron Twins are identical twin artists known for their vibrant…

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Tim Gatenby’s popular culture parodies often combining classical with modern…

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BABAK GANJEI | ARTIST

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Babak Ganjei is a London-based visual artist, poet, comic book writer and radio host, who captured the minds of the world when his irreverent ‘Film Idea’ series went viral, with such titles as ‘Chicken Nugget City’, ‘Kung-Fu Jesus’ and ‘Jurassic Shop’.

Since graduating with a BA in Fine Art from Central St Martins College, Ganjei has written multiple comics, turned books by Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Jeremy Clarkson into works of blackout poetry, and tried to sell a painting of his credit card back to Barclays to pay off his debt.

Moreover, Ganjei recently directed, produced and starred in the hilariously composed short film “Freelancer” which echoes the highs and lows of being a freelancer in the art industry.

Renowned for his confessional style and dry humour monologues, Ganjei puts pen to paper to voice his musings on life and love, most notably “I’m So Scared of Being Found Out and I’m Not Even Sure What I’ve Done and I Miss You So Much When You’re Gone But When You Are Here I Can Take It Or Leave It”, to his most popular, “I’m In the Bush Outside and I Really Love You”.

“I don’t know why I have this disgusting need to tell everyone the truth.”
– Babak Ganjei

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CEDRIC CHRISTIE | ARTIST

Cedric Christie lives and works in London. His work is a critical appraisal of colour and modernism as well as the exploration of the journey to form and meaning. After completing an apprenticeship in welding, Cedric used his knowledge of metal to make sculptures, which started the journey of his investigation of art and what it means to be an artist.

His signature artworks, noted for their use of steel, scaffolding tube, snooker balls, cars, chalk lines, graphic text and the commercial fabrication process, have resulted in a string of solo shows and public art commissions both in the UK and internationally in Brussels, Antwerp and New York. Cedric has had three solo shows and curated a further two with Flowers Gallery. Cedric's work is collected widely, notably in the collections of Anita Zabludowicz, David Roberts, Unilever, Derwent Valley Holdings and The University of Bedford.

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CHEMICAL X | ARTIST

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Chemical X is a pseudonymous British contemporary artist. His main works to date have addressed British rave culture via his 'Ecstasy Collection' and the plight of the homeless community of Skid Row in Los Angeles via the installation 'Skid Rodeo Drive’. 

Chemical X is credited as the designer of the original logo for the Ministry of Sound nightclub and record label in 1991.

On 28 September 2017, Chemical X held his inaugural solo exhibition, 'CX300' showcasing the 'Ecstasy Collection' in London's Soho. The exhibition featured collaborations with Hayden Kays (Dollar, Euro, X, Yen) and Schoony (The Spirit of Ecstasy) featuring Cara Delevingne.

In 2023 Chemical X created a one-off artwork with Agony + Ecstasy Gallery depicting the island of Ibiza made up of Ecstasy pills. The edition sold out in record time with DJ Fatboy Slim and musician Becky Hill endorsing the artwork on social media.


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CHRIS LEVINE | ARTIST

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Chris Levine is a light artist with a multi-disciplinary approach that harnesses a diverse array of technology with the intention of revealing the ways in which light is fundamental to human experience.

Levine uses a cross-disciplinary approach working across many fields including music, performance, installation, fashion, and design in a multitude of collaborative projects. He has worked with a wide range of collaborators, including Antony and the Johnsons, Philip Treacy, Massive Attack, Grace Jones, Asprey Jewelers, BMW, Absolute Vodka, Mario Testino and has an ongoing relationship with The Eden Project.

Levine is driven by a deep-rooted desire to expand perception and guide the viewer to a meditative engagement with the present moment. His portraits are internationally recognised but he is not a portrait artist in the traditional sense. Levine is known for creating The Lightness of Being and Equanimity, both portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. Equanimity was commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust in 2004 and on 1 June 2012, a £100 note was issued to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II based on the portrait. At the heart of Levine's practice are his immersive light Installation art projects in which he has endeavoured to take art out of the gallery environment into a real world, mass participatory experience.

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CURTAINS | ARTIST

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Justin, known as Curtains due to his stylish 'curtains' hairstyle from his skateboarding days in the late '80s, is a self-taught artist based in Seaford, East Sussex. He specializes in spray painting mesmerizing hardedge art, compositions defined by areas of flat color with sharp, clear edges, describing his work as "shapes and colorful interactions, a jigsaw of spontaneous thoughts, a journey into the unknown."

Influenced significantly by skateboarding and graffiti culture, Justin also draws inspiration from his past as a DJ, utilizing the concept of 'mixing' common in both music and art. Often, he paints while listening to The Chemical Brothers, a choice that further reveals the synergy between his auditory and visual creative processes.


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DANIEL DAVID | ARTIST

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Daniel David is an award winning stone carver based in Norwich who trained in Bath, England and qualified in 1995.

His work is informed by an abiding interest in developing new languages in stone carving:demonstrating curiosity and humour and exploring the relationship between traditional techniques and contemporary visual culture.

This experimental approach, investigating the interplay between materiality, concept and scale, marks a shift in conventional practices with stone, as he playfully scrutinises the tension between the images he chooses to represent – temporary symbols of their time – and the permanence of the material and its historic associations.

Q and A with Daniel Davids:

A+E: Why did you decide to create the Dove XL of this scale and stature?

DD: When I think about going to Ibiza, its always about going large, going big. So in response to this impulse it made complete sense to indeed go large and carve the XL Dove. When in Ibiza its the only way to go.

A+E: Do you remember the first piece you ever made?

DD: I first made a stone pill when I was training to be a stone carver back in the early 90s, rave was at its height, everyone was loved up, I made a love heart!

A+E: What is the connection between you and stone work, is there a synergy you want to convey?

DD: Firstly, it’s the bright off white colour of Portland stone, that lends itself perfectly to describe most recognisable tablets. I’ve used Portland stone for over 20 years, it’s one of my favourite limestones to use for relief carvings and sculptures, as it’s so soft to carve.

Secondly it is it’s distinctive chalky texture. This is formed by small particles of sand or shell fragments, which became coated with layers of calcite as they were rolled around in shallow waters for millions of years. I met a stone carver in India called Varun who described the formation of stone as “frozen music’, I like the concept of both time and environment being encapsulated.

A+E: Lastly, what is your ‘Agony’ and what is your ‘Ecstasy’?

DD: My Agony is spending six weeks on a piece then finding it has a natural fault in the stone. My Ecstasy is seeing the reaction to my work on peoples faces. The provoking of memory, where they were, who they were with, the nostalgia of it all.


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DAVE BUONAGUIDI | ARTIST

Dave Buonaguidi (b. 1964) AKA The Real Hackney Dave, is a British Italian artist based in East London. He discovered screenprinting during his 35-year hiatus in the advertising industry, often referring to his first printing class as an epiphany. Challenging the status quo, Buonaguidi has fast become a stand out artist in pop art, with his bold, slick sloganised prints such as ‘Fish And Chips’, ‘I Love This Fucking Place, ‘Shut Up And Snog Me’.

Buonaguidi works in his studio based in Hackney named ‘Inky Fingers’ and collaborates and exhibits across the country, participating in auctions and charity events with his works. 

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EMMA SALAHI | ARTIST

Founder of Agony + Ecstasy Gallery in Ibiza, Emma Salahi on occasion enjoys creating original ideas and putting pen to paper. Her latest artwork is the imaginative Ibiza Tube Map (2024) which she started producing in 2022 and is a nod to her London roots living, working and commuting there for almost 10 years. ‘

There are some instances where I feel and get creative. I was thinking about creating a secret alias for myself as an artist but I thought fuck it, maybe I´ll be famous one day and my pieces will shoot up in value!´. 

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GUERREROPROJECTS | ARTIST

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Guerreroprojects’ Nancy is a Chilean artist living in France. She defines herself as a “character designer artist”. Nancy's work is influenced by old cartoons, kitsch and lowbrow art movements.

Along with her studies (Chile, UK, France) and fine artist career, Nancy learned many subjects and techniques: sculpture, stone & wood carving, casting, pottery, printmaking, silkscreen, digital image and many other DIY techniques that she uses on her pieces creating a wide body of work.

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HANNAH SHILLITO | ARTIST

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Hannah Shillito is an emerging and groundbreaking British contemporary artist who has attracted instant industry and celebrity recognition as well as avid art collectors from around the globe. Her aesthetic orbits around tongue in cheek brightly hued pop art screenprints of her muses including including David Bowie, Blondie, Cher and Prince. Her works are defined by maximalism and the joy of colour. Attention-grabbing, honest and playful, Shillito’s art emanates pleasure and positivity through her artworks.

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HEATH KANE | ARTIST

Born in Australia, Heath Kane has spent much of his life in England; first in London and now in the market town of Saffron Walden in Essex where he has his studio.

The first part of Kane’s career was as a successful designer and art director for London ad agencies, and a strong sense of graphic structure still sits at the heart of his wall art. He specialises in simple, iconic and memorable art prints that have the ability to tell stories and are linked to a larger narrative.

One of his breakthrough collections was ‘Rich Enough To Be Batman;, the superimposing of Batman’s mask on the Queen’s face, Kane’s response to what he calls “the increasing disparity in wealth that I was seeing.”

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HELENA MINGINOWICZ | ARTIST

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Helena Minginowicz @santa___helena is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań (2011) and finalist of the Bielska Jesień 2023 contest, she lives and works in Poznań.

“I am inspired by everyday life and the highly subjective way we perceive it. Each of us filters reality through the prism of our own stories and emotions. Do our "filters" have common points? This question provokes me to reflect on the nature of human perception and what it reveals about us.

The theme of my artistic work focuses on analyzing relationships and the perception of reality through the lens of art. I use the impression of a visual mirage – an illusion – as a tool to explore the boundaries between what is visible and what is perceived.

The images I create aim not only to appeal to external impressions but also to engage the viewer in reflecting on the construction and interpretation of reality. What particularly interests me is the analysis of the complexity of all kinds of relationships—from moments of closeness to distance, from tension to intimacy. I strive to capture their emotional and philosophical implications. I am also fascinated by the theme of weakness and vulnerability, as a carefully concealed, often shameful, yet integral part of existence – an inner "self."

In my work, I use an airbrush, which allows me to create smooth tonal transitions and subtle contours, as well as sharp, almost surgically "cut" edges, giving the images visual depth and multi-layeredness, contrasted with an aesthetic effect reminiscent of advertising banners, GIFs, and filters that fill contemporary reality. Through this specific painting method, I seek to capture fleeting moments of life and emotions, emphasising their significance and universality. As a result, the emerging images can become not only an expression of personal experiences but also an invitation to a deeper analysis of contemporary realities and the human condition.” — Helena Minginowicz

“Minginowicz is a genius in that her technique carries a balance of intricacy and softness. Her paintings are warp-like and evoke a fantasy deep in a dream like nostalgia. They can also be seen as quite dark and sometimes unsettling which makes for a thought-provoking approach.” — Emma Salahi, Founder of Agony + Ecstasy Gallery

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JAMES BURKE | ARTIST

James Burke @jamesburke__artist based in Shoreditch, London, is a versatile visual artist, creative director, and entrepreneur. He is predominantly recognised for his outrageous Lego-piece sculptures, which are playful and often stereotyped to unique genres of culture. Founder of Acrylicize, a creative studio that emerged from his art degree and focuses on blending various media.

Burke's work delves into themes of identity and the intersection of art and commerce. Rejecting the confines of traditional galleries, he aims to make art accessible and engage people with their surroundings. His practice spans fine art, graphic design, interior design, and architecture, often exploring the concept of art as a commodity. Burke also operates under his graffiti tag, SHESH, treating it as a visual brand to investigate the intertwining of art, fashion, music, and the artist's identity as a brand.


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LAUREN BAKER | ARTIST

Lauren Baker, born 1982, from Middlesbrough, UK. Currently lives and works in London. Lauren Baker is a British contemporary multidisciplinary artist who exhibits internationally. Her work explores symbolism, higher realms of consciousness, and communing with nature and the elements. Lauren's signature light works exude energy through her celestial chakra artworks. Passionate about environmental issues and sustainability, the artist uses light to express the 'secrets of the universe' and aims to raise the vibration of love and connection within the world.

She is an experimental artist whose practice expands across multiple disciplines and mediums to address the vastness of the universe. Conceptually grounded but also aesthetically striking, her work involves making the unseen seen. Baker’s visual style is often built around either emitting or reflecting light. Many of her pieces directly reference the frequencies emitted by astronomical bodies, as well as those attributed to plants, human organs and chakras.

A sense of mystery and emergence - of connecting with something beyond or much bigger than our own immediate world - pulsates throughout her work.

"Lauren Baker engages people is a unique and atmospheric way. She’s an artist we’ll definitely be watching out for."
– The Tate (Carey Robinson, Curator)

"Lauren Baker was a joy to work with. Her immersive installation was provocative and beautifully executed”.
– The V&A (Rachel De Woolfsen, Senior Events Manager)


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LITTLE FISH DESIGN | ARTIST

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Artist and designer Little Fish Design creates playful and humorous 'Pop-Surrealist' sculptures and prints that combine images drawn from a wide variety of sources, from classical art to contemporary packaging and advertising.

Little Fish Design likes to combine disparate imagery and materials to create eclectic and amusing pieces. He often uses discarded sweet wrappers and packaging to achieve an enjoyably disarming effect. The artist has also worked as a graphic designer and has always been interested in the overlap of art and graphic and visual design.

“As an Artist & Designer I create playful & humorous ‘Pop-Surrealist’ pieces combining images drawn from classical art to vintage packaging. This current series of limited edition prints entitled ‘The Product Placement Project’ creates a cheeky juxtaposition between old & new, Classical & Pop, giving classical portraiture a humorous populist twist. It could be said to reflect on the functions of fashion, portraiture & advertising (but that would be hugely pretentious) ...they’re mostly meant to amuse.”

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MRS AND MR GARCIA | ARTIST

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Descending from Barcelona and Bilbao, the married artists focus their work in delivering words and ideas into spaces, with mixed media materials like sequins, mirrors, golden or neon signs. They look for new ways to create light/dark narratives as an implicit expression of visual objects trying to document our time making portraits. Both creativity experienced with over 20 years, coming from fields of architecture, design and book publishing. As creative professionals, they have, over time, leapt from formal origins across disciplines and expectations.

“For us, Grace Jones is synonymous with creative fearlessness: a mega courageous star who has always been committed to enjoying every second. She has worked with everyone from Yves Saint Laurent and Helmut Newton to Andy Warhol and Arnold Schwarzenegger. She was friends with Keith Haring and Robert Mapplethorpe. She has been the star of Studio 54 and a Bond girl. She has worked on projects with Luciano Pavarotti and Massive Attack. She has posed for Playboy. She has topped the Billboard chart in dance music. W magazine said of her: "everyone from Madonna to Björk to Beyoncé to Lady Gaga has taken more than a few pages from her playbook" and her most famous album is called "Nightclubbing". 

Is there anyone who represents Ibiza better than her?” 
– Mrs & Mr García


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POPPY FAUN | ARTIST

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Poppy Faun is a multi-disciplinary artist from Brighton, UK. Her work is best known for using nostalgic imagery to convey feelings of optimism, lust, and introspection while playing on the vibrant iconography of the 20th century.

Poppy’s art has long been celebrated on an international level, she’s worked with brands such as Playboy and Missoma as well as having been featured in British Vogue. Her work has a broad collector-base and is instantly recognisable for it’s striking portrayal of alternative culture and retro-beauty.

Never comfortable with the ordinary, Poppy has constantly strived to develop her technique over time. The last year has seen her fine-tune her prominent use of mid-century aesthetics for an output that represents her most personal and ambitious collection of works to date.


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SARA POPE | ARTIST

Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her glossy, colourful, pop paintings of lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer as well as her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality, beauty and power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in notions of beauty, communication, and the concept of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes.

The starting point is a makeup brush and a lipstick. She paints her subjects’ lips, then, using specific techniques of makeup and lighting, she begins the process of capturing her subjects’ unique expression, through an extensive photographic study. These shots provide the foundation from which Sara draws inspiration to start her painting. The painting process involves several layers of thin oil-diluted paint being overlaid, blending and smoothing the colours extensively at every stage, sometimes also mixing lipstick into the paint. Emulating the stylistic slickness of advertising, the result is glossy, perfect and irresistible.

Sara’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and art fairs across London and internationally, including The Saatchi Gallery, London, Next Street Gallery, Paris, The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts and SCOPE Miami. Her work is regularly sold at Bonhams Auction House, and she has received commissions for lip portraits from several prominent figures including the Princess of Liechtenstein, Benson Wilson from the English National Opera and Huda Beauty Founder, Huda Kattan. Sara holds the distinction of being the first British female artist in over seven decades to have her artwork accepted into the Vatican collection.


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SHEPARD FAIREY | ARTIST

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Shepard Fairey (b. 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing. He gained widespread recognition in the late 1980s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign, which later evolved into the “OBEY Giant” street art movement. This project, which featured a stylised image of the wrestler André the Giant, became iconic and helped establish Fairey as a major figure in the street art world.

Fairey’s work often explores themes of propaganda, consumerism, and social justice, blending influences from pop art, punk rock, and political protest. His style is characterized by bold colors, high-contrast imagery, and repeated iconography, aiming to provoke thought and inspire dialogue.

In 2008, Fairey created the iconic “HOPE” poster of Barack Obama, which became a cultural phenomenon and an enduring symbol of Obama’s presidential campaign. Although the image sparked legal controversies over copyright issues, it solidified Fairey’s place in American pop culture and political art.

Throughout his career, Fairey has used his art to support causes such as environmentalism, human rights, and anti-war efforts. His works have been displayed in galleries and museums worldwide, making him one of the most influential contemporary artists bridging street art and fine art.

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THE CAMERON TWINS | ARTIST

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The Cameron Twins are identical twin artists known for their vibrant and surreal art, which spans screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture, and installation. Their work features bold colours and a child-like aesthetic, drawing on their childhood memories through old paintings, photos, and drawings.

A significant aspect of their art is the print process, which mirrors their twin experience through themes of repetition and doubling. They hand-pull their screens, creating unique, often imperfect prints. Their art incorporates playful, familiar pop-culture icons like Barbie and My Little Pony, combining a cheerful appearance with underlying darker themes.

Their sculptures, made from casts of old toys and pop-culture objects, blend nostalgia with a playful yet unsettling visual style. These pieces contribute to the surreal and immersive quality of their installations, inviting viewers to explore the deeper layers of memory and childhood.

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TIM GATENBY | ARTIST

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Tim Gatenby’s popular culture parodies often combining classical with modern imagery to create humorous paintings. His work uses examines art histories’ relationship with the Internet world we now inhabit.

There is a twisted nostalgia to Gatenby’s paintings. His work subverts not only through subject matter, but also through technique. Gatenby distorts familiar characters, typically drawn as brightly-coloured and crisp cartoons, by blurring lines between classical painting and modern imagery. As with a lot of appropriation art his work inherently says something about its time as it reflects collective imagery back onto society, reanalysing information in a sort of mirror.

Often combining deconstructed cartoon characters with dark humour, his images reflect the pressures of consumerism and modern societal tendency towards over indulgence. Fast food is an ever present theme in Gatenby’s work and is used as a vehicle to convey the easiness of modern life. The radical notion that never has becoming obese required less effort.

Despite the darkness found in the various styles and themes explored in Gatenby’s work, there are often playful, idiosyncratic moments that crop up, as if for his own amusement as much as the viewer’s. A joke or pun can be found through a depicted object seen out of place, or an expectation subverted by an oddity, giving the work a comedic touch of the absurd to cleverly contrast the heaviness found elsewhere.

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