Pol Taburet
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The artwork features a striking visual contrast between the monochrome figure and the vibrant red background. The central element is a silhouetted human form in a dynamic, expressive pose, rendered in a bold, graphic style. The stark black-and-white technique emphasizes the sculptural quality of the figure, while the stark red backdrop adds a sense of dramatic intensity. The work appears to explore themes of the human form, movement, and the interplay between light and shadow. The artist's use of distinctive stylistic choices and bold color palettes suggests a contemporary, conceptual approach to the subject matter. ...
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Pol Taburet
B.1997, FrenchPulling from influences that span his Caribbean heritage, voodoo traditions, devotional and Baroque art, Pol Taburet’s paintings are unique, enigmatic and immediately recognisable. While compositional and stylistic elements within the artist’s works are reminiscent of 20th Century painter Francis Bacon – specifically through their abstracted, distorted and sometimes horrifying figuration, and the two-dimensional colour blocking of the figures’ backdrops – Taburet combines acrylic paint with digital airbrushing. Through this combination of new and old technologies, the artist portrays characters that look like computer-generated avatars, perhaps representations of real people rendered through the digital. Hybridity is a notion reflected both in the figures’ reluctance to be categorised as either human or animal, as well as in the undoing of the binary between life and death. The figures appear to be in limbo, a purgatory of sorts, occupying a flattened, liminal space outside of time. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...