Bite fight-Mike Tyson

Christina Pataialii

Bite fight-Mike Tyson, 2017184 x 244cmPrice on Request
Details
Material
acrylic paint, house paint, spray paint on canvas
Description
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The artwork features a vibrant abstract composition with a harmonious blend of colors and shapes. Prominent elements include sweeping brushstrokes in warm tones of orange and brown, punctuated by bold splashes of pink and hints of yellow. The overall layout creates a dynamic, fragmented impression, suggestive of an energetic, expressive style. While the subject matter remains ambiguous, the artist's use of gestural abstraction and intuitive mark-making evokes a sense of raw, emotional expression. This work likely reflects the artist's intention to explore the potential of the medium and the emotive power of non-representational forms. ...

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Christina Pataialii
Artist
Christina Pataialii
B.1988, New Zealand

Christina Pataialii’s colourful, spontaneous paintings land on the intersection of abstraction and figuration. Ranging from small to gigantic, they show the artist’s great attention to the way they occupy space and the impact they have on their audience. Being a daughter of a house painter, Pataialii is drawn to experimentation with artistic materials: she dynamically uses and combines acrylics, spray paints and house paints on hand-stretched drop sheets. Contextualised by her bicultural Samoan and Pākehā upbringing, the artist explores notions of cultural codification in a globalised world, one’s sense of identity, and the construction of ideological boundaries amidst growing Western nationalism. Her paintings show large strokes of bold colour alongside more figurative signs, such as a boot, a fence, or a candle. Those objects are reminders of a certain belonging – to a place, a class, a culture – and testimonials to the way identity is shaped by one’s experiences, such as, in Pataialii’s case, listening to pop music from the ‘50s and ‘70s on her way to work with her father. The tension that arises from the contrast of Pataialii’s materials, artistic choices, and conceptual underpinning makes her works an intricate and complex testament to one’s identity and culture. ...

Christina Pataialii: Artworks
Bite fight-Mike Tyson
Christina PataialiiBite fight-Mike Tyson, 2017Price on Request