I absolutely love Ashley Bickertons work. I especially love the use of bright colors. This one is my favorite of his because of the interesting look on the persons face. It almost looks like the person is pieced together from different features of other people. The eyes are the main part of this that really draw me into his work. The eyes are very intense and I think that is what makes this piece of work so wonderful. Ashely Bickerton was born in Barbados in 1959. He studied at the California Institute of Arts where he graduated in 1982. Next he went on to study at the Whitney Museum Independent Studies program in New York. He continued to live and work in New York until 1993. Since living in New York Bickerton has moved to Bali where he currently lives and works. Bickerton has had exhibits worldwide and many of his works are included in many museums and public collections. Bickerton is considered to be a mixed media artist because he often mixes photographic and painterly elements with industrial and found objects. Ashley Bickerton has been associated with the 1980s art movement called Neo-Geo, which also includes artists Jeff Koons and Peter Halley. Bickertons work has explored the issues of contemporary art related to the commidification of the art object itself. The objects in Bickertons work are often grotesque in a self aware manner and are often a critique of capitalism.
http://www.whitecube.com/artists/bickerton/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Bickerton
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