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Olivier C left a comment for Billy Byrne
Nice work
Profile Information
- Website
- http://www.billybyrne.co.uk
- Relationship status
- single
- College / University
- Byam Shaw School of Art (Central Saint Martins)
- Program / Degree
- Fine Art
- Graduation
- June 12, 2010
- Member type
- Artist
- If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?
- Conceptual, Digital, Drawing, Event, Installation, Painting, Performance, Photography, Printmaking, Video
- About my artwork
- Through my acknowledgement that lipstick is a medium used to draw attention to the mouth and, therefore, being a strong signifier of erotic consumption, I have chosen to use lipstick as my main medium.
My subject matter is, essentially, a vehicle for conveying a strongly defined atmosphere, an atmosphere of bizarre and deviant beauty: characters with horses heads presiding over sexual scenes, women adorned with feather boas and jewelry; conjuring up images of 19th century decadence, seedy figures lost in vice, where the erotic and the unsavory cohabit a stylized world with a sense of the hyper-real: a city and its corruption.
- Artists I like
- Egon Schiele, Brassai, Henry Darger, Jean Cocteau, Cindy Sherman, Maurice Sendak, David Lynch, Aubrey Beardsley, Terry Richardson, Roy Stuart, Jan Saudek, Joel-Peter Witkin, Matthew Barney.
- Centre of the artworld:
- New York, London
Billy Byrne's Photos
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 1:40pm on September 28, 2010,
Olivier C said…
- Nice work
- At 2:36am on July 27, 2010,
Eva Strautmann said…
- At 5:46pm on November 15, 2009,
Baron Verkmann said… - Greetings Billy, Love the idea of using lipstick.. I reckon you could push the boundaries with that concept...... very erotic.
- At 2:02pm on September 25, 2009,
Layne Arlina said… - Hi Billy, hows the art world for you? I came across an artist called Henry Fuseli who painted Titania Awakes , which i thought you might find interesting. It's exhibited in the Zurich kunsthaus(gallery). Hope all is great! :D
- At 9:10pm on August 14, 2009,
Layne Arlina said…
- Hey Billy, no Sorry i dont...maybe a gallery in Bath which had a minotaur statue in the window a while back...if i do come across any then i will let you know :D
- At 4:43pm on July 22, 2009,
Layne Arlina said…
- Hey Billy,
No i agree its not mainstream. Id say it lies on the lines of theatrical art, which i love and look forward to seeing more of. Have you ever thought of writing short scripts to act out, photograph and paint? you could make it like a live story board x
- At 2:52pm on July 22, 2009,
Layne Arlina said…
- Hey Billy. Thanks for the add. You might like Bristol Sculptor Beth Carter. She sculpts minotaurs and sorts, amazing to be around. http://www.bethcarter.co.uk/about.html
Cheerz :D x
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