Artist Statement :-
Sunny Nowell’s practice involves work created around Brexit, focusing on the MPs that have influenced the results of the current events we find ourselves in. The MPs he has focused on is Nigel Farage, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn as he feels these people have influence the British public the most. The paintings created show the artists thoughts and opinion about the situation we find Britain in. The work created is acrylic portraits of the politicians with a facial expression to represent the artists thoughts about the influence they had regarding the Brexit referendum outcome. The size of the paintings is A4, and there are nine portraits for each MP. The reason why this work has been created is to reveal the artists thoughts on leaving the EU by showing through facial expressions the effect it has had on Britain and continues to have. The process involved looking through the internet for images of the MPs that show a facial expression the artist feels is an appropriate way to depict the MPs thoughts on Brexit and after that process creating the images into something other than a photograph using a filter to create an image of the MPs. The image needed to look like the person chosen but also to enhance their facial expression to almost be realistic caricatures. This was then transferred to acrylic painting paper, painted and framed. The reasoning on why the artist is trying to show these MPs with different expressions is to show how he personally feels the MPs think on what they are doing towards the current event of Brexit.
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Ai Wei Wei, Sunflower Seeds, 2010
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The order in which the work will be displayed.
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Ari Versluis, Gabbers – Rotterdam 1994 and Mohawks – Rotterdam 1998
Portrait (Self) #1 as control + 11 Alterations by Retouching and Airbrushing by John Baldessari 1974
Sunny Nowell 