XENIA HAUSNER Xenia Hausner’s art practice is characterised by theatrics, expression and vitality. She amalgamates life and character in her large-scale, emotive figures, expressed through vibrant colours set against flat backdrops. After establishing her extensive background in stage design, Hausner began painting full-time when she moved to Berlin in the 1990s. She works predominantly from photographs, projecting her subjects into dynamic compositions of collage and acrylics.
‘China Club’, 2015, oil on paper on Dibond, 135 x 280 cm
‘Lucky Number’, 2016, oil on paper on Dibond, 115 x 170 cm
'The Animals’, 2016, oil on paper on Dibond,110 x 52 cm
‘Dancer in the Dark’, 2015, oil on paper on Dibond, 125 x153cm
LUCAS DAVIDSON Lucas Davidson’s work explores the transitory nature of self. Davidson is concerned with metaphysical dualities such as presence and absence, material and immaterial, internal and external. Using a technique that dissolves photographic emulsion in water, the portrait photo becomes a transparent flexible form that represents the fluidity between the conscious and unconscious state. Davidson has been developing this technique throughout his career and uses a diverse range of mediums including photography, video and installation to capture this process.
‘Body Emulsion Surface’, 2016, Duration 8:48 minutes, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
‘Body Emulsion Semblance’, 2016, Duration 11:50 minutes, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
‘Body Emulsion Semblance’, (detail) 2016, Duration 11:50 minutes, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
‘Self portrait’, 2012, Duration 12:27 minutes, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
‘Multiple Draft Model’, 2016, Duration 7:50 minutes, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
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