![]() ![]() They are created by accumulating thick layers of oil paint over structures or found bronze casts. His sculptures, deliberately emphasizing the three-dimensional quality of oil brushstrokes, stand in stark contrast to his flat paintings. ![]() Brown sees these appropriations and oppositions as key to his approach.īrown also places sculpture as a central point of his practice. The effect is powerful–often unsettling–creating an artistic language that transcends time and pictorial conventions. His grotesque yet fascinating figures appear to be painted with thick impasto, but are actually executed through the application of thin, swirling brushstrokes which create the illusion of almost photographically flat surfaces. Starting with reproductions from other artist's works, Brown transforms the appropriated image by changing its colour, position and size. He is known for the use of art historical references in his paintings. Glenn Brown, CBE, (born 1966) is a British artist. ![]()
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