ANDREW NEWTON
Realist & Abstract Artist
Artist Statement
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-An existential awareness of the human condition, displaying a visceral underbelly of society and our conscious inadequacies-
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My painting style is a combination of representational imagery and juxtaposed abstracted forms suspended in irregular harmony. I try to convey a subtle satirical commentary alongside a raw visceral assertion of society and modern culture.
Im particularly interested in the emotional state of mind within the current technologically obsessed world we live in, expressing a tug of war between the two.
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My current series 'Everybody Knows' comments on the idea of celebrity and how we view their iconism, once eroded by various controversy. Like a performing bear on a tightrope, our interpretation represented by media hysteria is what creates its own identity.
Albeit heinous or heroic, they are mere skin deep.