Guy Denning
23-Oct-2009
Denning is often viewed as an enigma. Sexual and temporal politics, objectification, and isolation are themes which are widely explored in his work, illuminated through the carefully honed juxtaposition of shape and shade to create a mood as well as a theme. The paintings blend the smoothness of classical form with harsh yet truthful statements about contemporary issues that dog Western society.
Hailing from Bristol, and now resident in France, Guy Denning has taken
the urban art world by storm with his beautiful, often haunting works.
His androgynous figures, with their strange and often ethereal beauty,
form a statement about the modern obsession with the fantasy of youth,
beauty and cosmetic surgery as a surreal substitute for real life.
Denning works mostly at night, drawing sketches which have a poignant
simplicity of form, and then breaking these down into the constituents
of the painting.
