![]() ![]() Today’s painters combine virtuosity with complex references to history – including art history – our contemporary image culture, engagement and cultural diversity. Yet they choose to paint, precisely because painting gives them access to an unprecedented variety of artistic expression and influences. ![]() For the new generation of painters, digital images are a fact of life, something they have grown up with. Norms have shifted and painting now has a greater sense of urgency than ever, including in the West. In recent years, this new awareness has inspired painters the world over. In South America, Asia and Africa, painting has been a vibrant, powerful and influential art form, thanks to its accessibility and the long, strong tradition from which it comes. In other parts of the art world, painting has always remained important. At the same time, the digital culture prompted another realisation: that an image can in itself be incredibly meaningful. Over the past few decades, artists have become increasingly fascinated by the digital, in the face of which painting might seem hopelessly old-fashioned. Loie Hollowell, Green Ovum, 2021, oil paint, acrylic medium, aqua resin and epoxy resin on linen over panell, 183 x 137 cm, courtesy of the artist & Pace Galleryįor a long time, painting was the poor relation in the western art world. 1983, Pakistan) | ANH TRÂN (New Zealand / Vietnam, 1989) | ISSY WOOD (b. A show full of multiple perspectives, varied histories and new aesthetic frameworks, curated by author and art historian Hans den Hartog Jager. Brave New World will showcase the work of 16 painters under the age of 40 who are among the best in the world today. Today’s painters combine traditional techniques with contemporary themes, narratives and motifs, demonstrating that in this day and age, painting can be the perfect Trojan horse: appealing and seductive, but often conveying a razor-sharp message. Painting is more vibrant and robust now than ever. William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610-1611 How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, ‘How many goodly creatures are there here! Brave New World - 16 Painters for the 21st century ![]()
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