Duncan McAfee
Artworks 13
Exclusive to ACBF Goes Into Space, here are 13 brand new original ink drawings based on people who, through their observations, discoveries or through bringing their passion to a broader public, has altered the way we see the universe, our relationship with it and, as a result, the ways we view ourselves. Some are contemporary household names, some ancient or less well recognised outside of their field.
Artist Bio:
Born 1976, Hertford, UK, Turps Off Site Painter 2021023, living and working in Camberwell, SE London.
Recent highlights include solo exhibitions at Ben Oakley Gallery, London; 303 Projects and The Art Gallery, Suffolk; solo exhibition and live events with Brixton Art Club, London; Oh God, solo project with Kyle Marks Projects, Canada.
I often describe my approach to painting and drawing as like playing a game of consequences with myself. I playfully employ misremembered bits of art history and contemporary imagery, combining pure flat colour, graphic and figurative elements with messy paintwork. The emerging characters look like street-drunks, beaten up cartoon characters spattered in Claret. They wrestle with themselves, contorted and dis-jointed, uncomfortably torn between figuration and abstraction, but strangely celebratory; mascots of our confused cartoon world or Riddley Walker-esque prophets for what may come next.
Ultimately I love contradictions. I make loose, sideways references to art history, philosophy, religious iconography and paint or draw these with irreverence; grand themes handled with a light touch.
