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James Guppy, Touching Her Back, 2016, acrylic on linen, 71 x 51cm
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James Guppy, Counterpoint I, 2016, acrylic on linen, 61 x 56cm
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James Guppy, Caressing His Shoulder, 2016, acrylic on linen, 50 x 40cm
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James Guppy, Kissing the Wrist, 2016, acrylic on linen, 61 x 56cm
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James Guppy, Touching His Back, 2016, acrylic on linen, 40 x 50cm
Exhibition
James Guppy - Counterpoint
29 Oct 2016 – 24 Nov 2016
Event times
Tuesday - Friday 11-6, Saturday 10-6
Address
- 2 Danks Street
- Sydney
New South Wales - 2017
- Australia
Travel Information
- Access by Bus #343 down Elizabeth Street, alight at the corner of Phillip Street, parallel to Danks Street. Buses #301-4 and #339 from Circular Quay, alight at Bourke Street.
About
For the past few years my work has been driven by an inner malaise and dissatisfaction with "the way things are". This time I am relieved to be returning to a favoured theme...a focus on intimacy, and the body.
These paintings are a celebration of flesh and touch. I wanted to get back to the essence of our being...the complex joy of love, and play between people.
The touching suggests a "music" of intimacy to me...the duets and trios play together in melodies and patterns that flow as they make contact. There are still dissonant moments but this becomes another part of the energies... The entwined flesh is a fugue of shapes and shadows.
Moved by the rhythms and textures of cherished bodies, I have played with these elements to transform lovers at play into a cantata of forms.
- James Guppy, 2016
