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Justin Kite

Crayons to Perfume - Aroha

Crayons to Perfume - Aroha

$2,800.00 NZD
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Crayons to Perfume - Aroha by Justin Kite

Dimensions: 1240 810 x 25 mm

Acrylic paint and oil pastel on plywood with rimu frame

This painting is inspired by Warhol's aesthetic, Chanel's iconic pop brand, and subtractive abstraction. The actual subject matter, perfume bottle is made up of the under-painting, the absence of the top layer.  Abstract Expressionism meets Pop. Energy through dynamic mark making works along side the carefully placed masked areas. 
The title, 'Crayons to Perfume', plays on the line from Lulu's Song and film 'To Sir with 
Love'. 

New works on plywood are combine, mixed media works with subject matter and narrative inspired by pop culture such as games, music lyrics and media. I also like to explore visual conventions such as scale, contrast and movement. I try to capture melodrama, with the figurative and the abstract. I often integrate my Maori culture and every work is a self-portrait. I hope that the viewers appreciate my art, whether it is aesthetically or on a deeper level.

I have taught Visual Art and Design in New Zealand and Shanghai, China for 14 years. Living and working in a range of different countries has been a major stimulus in my art-making process. I enjoy playing with the relationships and visual hierarchy of silhouettes and internal narratives to achieve contradictions and surreal worlds. Taking observations of diversity and everyday situations. I play with the multi-layers of societal contexts, attempting to highlight the complexities and randomness of post-modern life.

 

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