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Simon Monk
United Kingdom
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464 pieces
Artist highlights
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Wood
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 23.6x19.7in
About this artwork
‘Secret Identity’ is a series of paintings, each representing a plastic model of a famous superhero contained in a clear polythene carrier bag. Superheroes are icons of male power and potency whose comic book and film adventures see them engaged in epic battles across the universe, yet these mythic figures have another life as consumer objects to be found in commercial and domestic contexts. Placed in carrier bags and hung on a hook in a domestic…
space they become recently purchased objects, robbed of the enormous power they wield in their narratives, their dynamic energy stymied. Despite this reduction they remain irresistible in their cartoonish rage and pride.
Simon Monk
United Kingdom
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
« "My fascination with pop culture and ephemera inspires me to create illusionistic paintings made using classical techniques." »
Simon Monk is a painter who resides in the United Kingdom and has exhibited in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, France, Australia, and the UK. Through his works, he conveys the idea of inhabiting two worlds at once – one being an every-day reality and one filled with fantasy and imagination. Monk is continuously fascinated by how painting can dignify a cheap or otherwise insignificant object. He applies many layers of translucent colors and uses high-quality oils and alkyds in his pieces.
