Wretched War 2004 Bronze
Damion Hirst b. 1965
Frank Dunphy, Hirsts friend and business manager presented this to the Gallery.
This sculpture is based on Edgar Degas's famous sculpture of a dancer. Hirst has created an anatomical model of a pregnant woman. Possibly referring to the Iraqi war with the title.
To me this could be celebrating motherhood and woman hood. The disembodied head and arm could represent some kind of detachment from the world around us or self. She looks to be deeply wounded on her leg and arm which could reflect the state of the war at that time.
Long Loan in 2017
Oil Acrylic Polyester resin and Elephant Dung.
Chris Ofili b.1968
Ofili became well known through the YBA (the Young British Artists) tho he didn't conform to any specific group. Ofili had to deal with issues of race, being multicultural he pushed through into his own niche. Ofili began encorpirating elephant dung into his works as a dadaist gesture.
When I saw this I felt it was very bold and stood out from the rest of the Art in the room. I really like it. It just goes to show anything can be turned into a medium within Art. Keeping an open mind, exploring and creating is what it's all about.
L'Appel De Nuit (The Call of the Night)
Oil on Canvas.
Delvaux started creating surrealism in 1933. He wasn't that interested in the political aspects of the movement. He claimed his works had no meaning or story behind them. He just wanted to create works that where dreamy and poetic. Tho there are similarities shown through his works.
Nude female with a headdress made from live plants which flow into the landscape into the backround. The Artist shows an influence from the paintings of Georgio Cherico and Magritte.
Dalvaux has invented his own world through his painting.
I see a few nude Women with life all around them. Portraying youth and beauty. But then in the backround it's like a wasteland with bare trees, skulls and rocks dotted around. The world looks dead, a vast empty space
