Icon Gallery presents Icons, the Best of British exhibition showcasing new, original works from six British artists: Horace Panter, Nikki Douthwaite, Morgan Howell, Paul Oz, Tim Wakefield and Colin Brown. Artworks in a range of media, from paper sculpture and mixed media collages to oil and acrylic portraits and confetti art, will celebrate music, sports and cultural icons – inspirations include F1 racers, classic vinyl album covers and film stars, to name a few.
From 10 to 28 June at Icon Gallery, 476 River Valley Road, Tel: 6735-4550.
Find out more about some of the artists below:
The Rolling Stones ‘Brown Sugar’ By Morgan Howell, 3-D print constructions and mixed media.
Howell’s work celebrates an icon of contemporary pop culture, the seven-inch single. He creates 3-D paintings about 15 times the size of a real single. His artworks are created with a 27-inch black vinyl disk, on which he paints all original details, and he makes the vinyl sleeve out of canvas bags.
James Hunt By Paul Oz, embellished print.
Paul Oz specialises in large-scale, heavily textured, “explosive” oil paintings characterised by his trademark “splats”. His sole focus is visual impact and he captures characters in a unique way, creating an impression of energy and a 3-D effect with a 2-D medium. Hunt is a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976.
Walkman in red and yellow by Horace Panter
Panter graduated with a degree in fine art from Coventry’s Lanchester Polytechnic in 1975, where he met Jerry Dammers. Together, they formed The Specials, a group which became one of the defining British bands of the 1980s. Panter’s recent paintings and collages pay homage to his favourite musicians and are influenced by artists such as Peter Blake – the pop artist who co-designed the sleeve of The Beatles’ iconic 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Andy Warhol and German painter Kurt Schwitters.
Marilyn Monroe By Nikki Douthwaite, paper collage on board.
Douthwaite, who is based in Britain, works in two mediums: confetti art and collage. Her unique portraits are crafted from thousands of paper dots made with household hole punchers. The tiny paper dots are painstakingly stuck on a board with tweezers and built up in varnished layers to create a highly visual coloured mix.