GQ_Australia_SeptemberOctober_2017

(Ben Green) #1
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 GQ.COM.AU 211

THIS PAINTING REPRESENTS THREE STAGES OF AWARENESS IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD OF CONSUMER OBSESSIVENESS.

BY BORROWING THE BULL’S HEAD FROM PICASSO’S ‘GUERNICA’ AND JUXTAPOSING IT WITH A FLORAL PATTERN IN THE BACKGROUND OF, I AM DRAWING ATTENTION TO HOW
GREAT WORKS OF ART ARE BEING USED BY BIG COMPANIES THESE DAYS AND PRINTED IN EVERYTHING FROM TEA TOWELS TO WALLPAPER.

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