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John Humphreys – Ipsius Imago a latere extensa

I have always had a fascination with the human figure and how artists have approached portrait sculpture and painting throughout the ages, from Greek and Roman to Lucien Freud. I was initially drawn to the film industry to fund my studies at the Royal Academy Schools and after graduating continued to work on many film […]

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John Humphreys – Pontius Pilate

I have always had a fascination with the human figure and how artists have approached portrait sculpture and painting throughout the ages, from Greek and Roman to Lucien Freud. I was initially drawn to the film industry to fund my studies at the Royal Academy Schools and after graduating continued to work on many film […]

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Hysteria – Dr Carmen and Mrs Miranda

About the artistsAll girl collective HYSTERIA (Collagism, Aida Wilde and Shuby)…Hysteria’s sui generis take on popular culture is a feast for the eyes. Be prepared for scoops of sumptuous Technicolor “one off” artworks with their trade mark eggs, legs, bananas, bunnies and bold iconography.The UK-based street art collective bring together their Collage, Screen Printing and […]

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Gaston Ugalde – John in Coca Leaves

‘THE FIST TIME I HEARD J.L. WS INVOLVED WHITH COKE WAS IN LATE 60’S…70s. AND WAS CURIOUS ABOUT ANDEAN RITUALS WITH PLANTS AND OTHERS…AND COCAINE A DERIVATE OF COCA LEAVES HELPED HIM TO GO TO DEEP EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT INNER LEVELS – MUSIC -CREATIVITY-WAYS OF THINKING – OPENESS TO COMMUNICATE ETC……AS  DID HAPPEN WITH MOST […]

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Thomas Doran – JohnPaul, GeorgeRingo

Born in 1968, I first knew the Beatles as cartoon characters in a mildly disturbing film on holiday-time BBC. Miraculously, my toy Yellow Submarine survives, battered veteran of countless psychedelia-tinged childhood games. Here are my Beatles; miniaturised, legless, dusty conjoined twins – the Fabness somehow still shining through. About the artist Having taken a decade-long […]

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Liverpool Love Group signed print

100% of the proceeds from the sale of this work will go to Alder Hey Charity Signed by Artists: Sir Peter Blake, Yoko Ono, Noel Fielding, Christian Furr, Chris Bracey, Terry de Havilland, Jay Batlle, Brad Faine,  Jonathan Gent, Ben Johnson, David Mach, Bruce McLean, Mike McCartney, Roger McGough, Chris McInerney, Brendan Neiland,  Shauna Richardson, Dallas Seitz, John Stoddart, […]

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Dan Baldwin

Amidst the edgy brushstrokes and sinister themes, symbolism proliferates in Baldwin’s work. From children’s storybook illustrations and images of war to nature & Vanitas, each viewer develops a highly personal response to what they see. The relationship that has been observed between Baldwin and the still life painters of seventeenth century Holland stems from his […]

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Dallas Seitz – Tourist Cilla Pieces

Incorporating reoccurring themes of collecting, archiving, colonisation and museology Dallas Seitz’s ‘Tourist’ is an ongoing project of reconfiguring found postcards with paint and varnish. Started in 2000 Seitz uses postcards gleaned from second-hand markets, hotel lobbies, tourist gift shops and the internet. The familiarity of the cards is made strange by way of painting out, […]

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Christian Furr – On The Threshold

Artist Christian Furr was born in Heswall, Wirral in 1966. He became the youngest artist to have ever officially painted Queen Elizabeth II, when in 1995 – at the age of twenty eight – he was invited by the Queen to paint her portrait at Buckingham Palace. The work was commissioned by and hangs at […]

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