Weaver Hawkins – Citrus Cordial
Weaver Hawkins, also known as Raokin, was born in London before moving to Australia. His work was heavily impacted by his experiences in WWII where he lost complete control of his right arm and partial control of his left. His art is characterized by vibrant colour and form influenced by Paul Cézanne’s tendency to map...
Food & Art at Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Last week at Eva Breuer Art Dealer where I work as a Gallery Associate, I curated an exhibition from artworks in the stockroom titled Food & Art . Among the still lifes and banquet scenes is Weaver Hawkins’s painting of grapefruit, an artwork I wrote about on this blog in June 2009. EXHIBITION BRIEF: The representation of...
Henri Matisse – Orange Grapefruit Salad
Henri Matisse, one of the most illustrious 20th-century artists, worked in a beautiful fluid style with strong colour. His work was part of the Fauvist movement which was characterized by emotion expressed with incongruent colours, simplified forms to the point of abstraction, and wild brush strokes (1). A Vase with Oranges (1916) is representative of...