An advanced online preview of HUSH’s new show has just been released. HUSH has an immediately recognizable style, he paints the female form using a combination of acrylic paint, screen printing and spray paint, so that there’s a beautiful yet purposeful messiness to each piece. With bright red lips and impossibly white faces, the women in his paintings bear the striking resemblance to geisha girls.
I enjoyed this description of HUSH’s work, from Metro Gallery:
The artist’s mark-making bears the distinct aesthetic of tagging, bringing the rough texture of street art into each piece. Swift gestural marks underlie splashes of paint, looping through lines and over bright combinations of colour. With an in-depth technique that includes painting, screen printing and spray-painting, Hush creates work that instantly draws the eye in and holds the viewer’s focus. Patterns ranging from geometric repetition to florals that conjure up images of royal tapestries and delicately decorated vases are not solely confined to the background but often take shape, forming graceful fabrics. In some works these shapes appear solidly, while in others the central figures are only lightly delineated from the waves of pattern, body and background blending, as if they are sinking into the colourful composition itself.
The UK-born artist will debut his show, title Allure, from May 28 to July 2 at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. This would be a fantastic show to see in person.
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