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Working in mixed media on canvas, Ian Francis combines abstraction, figuration, and elements of both painting and drawing to create distinctly contemporary works. He draws his inspiration from cinema and imagery examining the most contemporary issues facing the human condition. Amid high-colour washes and jagged brushwork, Francis depicts semi-clad figures who loll and mix in casual groupings—some scenes are intimate, others hedonistic. Abstraction and figuration mutually support the artist’s suggestion of a worldview where violence and style intersect. These figures are recognizable, the young and beautiful denizens of a particular media fantasy fuelled by sex, death, and celebrity.
Francis admits to playing into this illusion himself, professing an obsession for internet media and sensational US teen dramas, lending a pleasing sympathy to his operatic observations. "My work isn't about computers or the Internet specifically, which is why you won't see those elements in my paintings – it's more about the feelings people express through them," he says.
"The sometimes apocalyptic feel of my work comes from the combination of the fact we're probably the safest and wealthiest we've ever been against both the mass media sense of impending doom and also the fact that a potential world resource shortage could realistically mean that we won't be living this lifestyle for that much longer.
- The Bridge 60 x 80cm
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- 21st Century 70 x 50cm
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- New Car 60 x 80cm
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- Two ugly people kiss for the first time 70 x 50cm
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- Ian Francis - this scene is tragic 70 x 50cm
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- ian francis - a beach 50 x 40cm
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- A Girl Contemplates Romance/suiced - 60 x 80cm
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- "Two People Find Love in the Park" 60 x 80cm
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