Craig Cameron-Mackintosh debut solo exhibition ‘Nowhere Better to Be’ at Ebony Cape Town, continues the artist’s exploration of the cinematic effects of light and shade on figures.
In his latest body of work Cameron-Mackintosh pushes the two extremes that trick the eye to create different ways of seeing the same things. In a reversal of the typical order of artistic practice, his large, highly-rendered silhouette paintings inform his smaller, looser works.
“The slivers of light hitting parts of the body, contrasted with shadow, give new meaning to these otherwise overlooked nuances and inform me of the sitters’ anatomy. Colour, light and shade are pushed to the extreme…”
– Craig Cameron-Mackintosh, 2020
A digital catalogue will be available on request from Wednesday 2nd December
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WHERE: EBONY CAPE TOWN, 67 Loop Street, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: Opening Wednesday 2nd December 2020 (4pm – 8pm) to 31st January 2021
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PHOTO: ‘Nowhere Better To Be’ Oil on Italian Cotton, 2020 100cm x 80cm
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