Steven Russell Black’s horror-filled paintings and drawings have a cinematic quality. Black refers to himself as a “painter with an obsessive compulsion to champion the odd, fringe, or otherwise unappreciated.” In his drawings, these scenes and characters carry an even more ghostly quality.
In terms of any themes that can be extracted from his work: “If there’s anything that keeps coming up over and over, it’s an idea of what something is supposed to be, and then I want to pull the rug out and tell you there’s something else underneath—and keep you guessing,” he told the Waiting To Dry Podcast.
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Jamian Juliano-Villani, known for stirring acrylic paintings packed with dark humor and sprawling references, offers new works in a show at Massimo De Carlo London titled "Let's Kill Nicole." She offers both new paintings and sculptures in the display, which runs through Sept. 21. Juliano-Villani's work is known for pulling in a variety of familiar imagery from fashion, illustration, and other industries, with conversations emerging over what constitutes referencing versus appropriation. “Everything is a reference,” she’s insisted.