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The rough with the smooth

By  Pen Dalton 2022
Working with contrasts and their meanings through technical application of paint - in this case: Past and present. Resin acts in metaphorical terms to immobilise and restrain 'past' effects while the application of rough paint decals impose themselves as 'present day' events concealing and repressing what lies beneath
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In Suspension, c '72

Stain

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