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The New Contemporary Art Magazine
The expressionist work of British artist Antony Micallef layers the figure to the point of total distortion. His style of painting misshapen figures against soft backdrops is an amalgamation of influences from Francis Bacon, to old masters like Caravaggio and Velázquez, to more modern contemporary photographers and graphic artists- leading to the nickname "Caravaggio meets Manga" in the media. Featured here on our blog, he describes his art as "like watching a Disney movie which slowly turns into violent pornography- the trouble with pop imagery is that it doesn't really go deeper than the surface, you have to drag it down and challenge it to make it interesting."