I would not want to spoil the fun for those who want the pleasure of guessing the pop-culture references, but even for people who prefer sub-cultures, the art works are worth visiting for their exquisite detail and technique.
The current exhibition at Typology Projects, offers various artistic thoughts on not only the relationship between past and present, but between absence and presence; life and death.
Sean Stewart and Martin Golland produce a sense of aesthetic and contextual heterogeneity, exploring universal themes of remembrance, tradition, temporality and materiality within their modestly scaled canvases.
Be it the intimate relationship between artist and universe or that between the artist-couple, Pillow Talk effectively demonstrates that reality in art is perhaps best achieved when a conscious sense of connectedness is present.
The landscapes convey a reflexive awareness of their creator, the solitary and melancholic artist, whose reverence and communion with nature is exacted through the sharp and acute lines of his surreal landscapes
Whereas the first show focused on representational, surrealistic, and naturalistic styles, here the art embodies abstraction, emphasizing the technique, process, and medium over subject matter and imagery.
All the images suggest more than a simple, unused entrance – they are heavily loaded with cultural elements and psychological remains of the inhabitants who used to leave behind them