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Antony Micallef
ABOUT
Antony Micallef is a British contemporary artist working in London. He was taught by renowned landscape painter John Virtue, who was in turn taught by the last of the post war painters, Frank Auerbach. His work features in collections across the world and his work has been shown in prominent institutions as The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Academy, Tate Britain and the ICA London. Rooting his expressionistic paintings in social commentary and self-examination, Antony Micallef is a traditional artist whose bright color sometimes belies the troubling nature of his imagery. Figures and faces emerge from Micallef’s veils of loose, abstract brushstrokes, recalling the figurative work of Francis Bacon, Brad Holland, and Ralph Steadman. Micallef derives his visual language from the Old Masters, graffiti, fashion magazines, corporate iconography, and Japanese cartoons. “The
