![]() ![]() ![]() Dali, Fragonard and John Martin are transformed in playful juxtapositions of elements of kitsch and the sublime. Working from books or projecting reproductions onto a blank picture surface, he embellishes his source material, transforming the familiar into the alien by making changes in size, colour, surface texture and brushwork. Borrowing from art history and popular culture, he works from sources that include the paintings of Dali, Auerbach and Rembrandt, as well as the largely unknown artists who create imaginary worlds on the covers of mass-market science fiction paperbacks, to investigate the languages of painting.Ä«rown is fascinated by how reproductions of paintings distort the qualities of the originals. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2000. Born in Hexham in 1966, he studied at Norwich School of Art, Bath College of Higher Education and at Goldsmith's College, London. ![]() ![]() Glenn Brown is one of the most admired painters of his generation. ![]()
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