This abstract artwork features a striking composition of geometric shapes and forms in shades of pink and blue against a dark, navy background. The central figure appears to be a stylized human form, with angular limbs and a distorted, almost cubist-inspired appearance. The overall effect is one of movement and dynamism, conveyed through the angular shapes and intersecting planes. The artist's use of bold, contrasting colors and angular, faceted forms suggests an avant-garde, Futurist-influenced artistic style. This provocative work likely reflects the artist's intention to challenge traditional representational art and explore the expressive potential of abstract, geometric forms. ...
Christian Quin Newell's work, which includes paintings, drawings, and miniatures, features coded narratives that reflect on the world around him. His practice blends his studies of mysticism, psychology and art history, and employs a unique iconography of symbols, archetypal images, historical characters, and multi-layered plots. He uses underpainting techniques and palettes from the Venetian Renaissance, as well as natural semi-precious pigments such as cinnabar and malachite, which are found in Indian miniature painting. With a mixed Jamaican and Italian heritage, he creates imagined worlds reminiscent of Metaphysical Painting, an early 20th-century Italian art movement, filled with enigmatic objects, where principles of time and space are distorted, featuring hybrid figures from a possible mythic past or imagined future. It is difficult for the viewer to place the scenes within a recognisable context, giving the impression that these images exist somewhere in the vastness of the universe.
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