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Written by Ben Kennings
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Monday, 04 July 2011 |
Raglan surfer Sam Mathers has an Art Exhibition taking place at the Black Sands Cafe in Raglan on the 16th of July. If you are in the area make sure you head down to check out his work. He explains the backgroundof his work below. Head to Sam's facebook page for more info.
These works are a visual diary of my travels around the world - the way I see and experience these places. They document the iconic and instantly recognizable as well as the odd and interesting. I'm fascinated by the back story - the cultural history behind the well-known images, along with scientific rules and the mechanics of how things work.
I explore these ideas within a graphic sensibility and play with
scale, depth, text, current and old media, languages, currencies and slang to create multi-layers of meaning - the opportunity for each viewer to find and connect with something different.
I enjoy the immediacy of acrylic paint, the effects of pastels, bold
and complimentary colours and the fun of seeing where a drawn line will take me. It’s a journey back to the memory of a place and time, to the iconic, the familiar and the quirky.
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