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ILHWA KIM
'Seed School 9'
2021, Hand-dyed Hanji Paper

A dialogue that intertwines, as well as blurs the distinction between sculpture & painting, Ilhwa breaks their boundaries to create a sense of incompletion & optical illusion...

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On View: ‘Isamu Noguchi: This Earth, This Passage’ at White Cube Mason’s Yard

Isamu Noguchi shaped himself through diverse, wide-ranging experiences: persistent travel, relationships with many important cultural figures of the 20th century, and work in maker cultures across three continents.

He turned his passage through the world into a way of working, expressing his understandings through a mode of sculpture meant to be of existential use to humanity.

Images: ‘Isamu Noguchi: This Earth, This Passage' at White Cube Mason's Yard © The Noguchi Museum / ARS. Photo © White Cube (Ollie Hammick); ‘Untitled’, 1986 © The Noguchi Museum / ARS. Photo © White Cube (Theo Christelis); 'Untitled’, 1982 © The Noguchi Museum / ARS. Photo © White Cube (Ollie Hammick).

In 'Planting the Flag’, Southwick confronts issues of nation and belonging through deft arthistorical reference. Two labourers are installing what appears to be a Mexican Fencepost cactus, not a species indigenous to Palm Springs. They position it reverently, just as (Southwick explains) “you might see depictions of flags being planted in American etchings and paintings from past wars”—a more aggressive act. Joe Rosenthal’s famous (and possibly staged) photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (1945) belongs in this lineage, which reaches back to John Trumbull’s imagery from the American War of Independence. Already rich in irony, the composition also alludes to Gustave Courbet’s The Stone Breakers (1849, destroyed in World War II, Fig. 4), the defining work of French Realism and shibboleth of the social history of art.

— U-topia / Dys-topia by Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Prof. Art History, Yale

Rex Southwick
Planting The Flag, 2023
Oil on canvas
203 x 178 cm

Joe Rosenthal
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (1945)
Gelatin silver print
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art

AN-Y1 Contemplation I, 2020

TECHNIQUE
Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
DIMENSIONS
80x80cm
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Framing on request.
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The Royal Mask - Nkpuchi Eze

Frame included
• Wood frame with double white mount
• Matte premium fine art paper
• FREE Fixings Attached
• Ready to hang on your wall
100X125CM

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An expertly curated collection of contemporary black & african fine art that is inspiring to the eye and uplifting to the soul. We believe in self-love, global love and a love for ourselves & culture through our art. "The Latest Interior Design Brand Taking the World by Storm" Loved by Many and Rated Excellent!

Vincent van Gogh I - 2022

TECHNIQUE
Acrylic on Canvas
DIMENSIONS
80x80cm
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
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About the artwork
Am I wrong to be Hurt
Am I wrong to feel Pain
Am I wrong to be a Painter
Am I wrong to cry Alone
Am I wrong to be Alive
Am I wrong……

Acrylics on canvas, 80x80cm
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Nameless 3122, 2022

TECHNIQUE
Oil, Chalk on Canvas
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
DIMENSIONS
90x70cm
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Marilyn Monroe, 2021

TECHNIQUE
Acrylic on Canvas
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
DIMENSIONS
160x160cm
SHIPPING
by professionals.
About the Artwork
Marilyn monroe. Woman face. Semi-abstract. Daring, thick strokes of paint. Many interpenetrating layers to achieve the desired effect. Vivid colours. For brave, modern interiors. Ready to hang. Framing not required. Varnished. Signed on front and back side. An unique certificate of authenticity is attached to each painting.

The Soul Improviser

This stunning original painting plays with dimension and texture ina skillful distortion of reality. The expressive quality of musical improvisation is transposed into the motion and posture of the forms present, the entanglement of the encapsulating reality that soul music can create. The composition and texture of this scene make this original piece perfect for contemporary and eclectic spaces as a perspective on the human habitat and our many adventures. Allow personality into space using this piece to adorn common areas be it a living room or a bustling bar or cafe.

Original artwork in unmounted oil on canvas

Size of the work: 102×76 cm / 40×30″

Acias Shelves, Wood

Nameless 5622, 2022

70x60cm
Acrylic & Spray on canvas

Using the Violence Painting style with Tint colours to create the Emotionally charged raw imagery with Heavy Colour Experimentation texture to enhance the form of portrait.

TO PAINT SOMEONE IN THE WORLD, TO FEEL THE TIME IN OUR FACE.
A COLOUR REPRESENTED A MARK OF LIFE, A FACE REPRESENTED A CHAOTIC PAIN.
TECHNIQUE
Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Framing on request.
DIMENSIONS
70x60cm
SHIPPING
by professionals.

C_40 Armchairs, Office chairs, Dining chairs, Wood

MATERIALS
Wood
DIMENSIONS
Length 53.5cm
Height 75.5cm
Depth 53.5cm
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Netherlands
EDITION
Unlimited edition
YEAR OF CONCEPTION
1986
PRODUCTION
Made specifically to order. Up to 12 weeks production time

LIMITED EDITION | CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

Numbered limited edition piece, available at The Mala Gallery. This piece of art comes with a digital certificate of authenticity which is numbered and authenticated by the artist.

100cm x 125cm

"MaiMwana is a Shona term for a child’s mother and this artwork is centred on the familiar image of the African mother who carries her child on her back as an act of warmth and comfort. I view the strength of the mother as the strength of her child" Artist - Natasha Kudita

Upenyu 2

100cm x 125cm Framed

Numbered limited edition piece, available from the Ivhu Editions collection. This piece of art comes with a digital certificate of authenticity which is numbered and authenticated by the artist.

"Upenyu is the ‘essence of life’ in Shona and the hybridised fragments of the artwork speak to the hidden narratives within the private domestic space." Artist - Natasha Kudita

I Rise

- Framed contemporary art print
- Wood frame with double white mount
- Matt high-quality fine art paper
- FREE Fixings Attached
- Ready to hang on your wall
100cm x 125cm

“ I Rise” is inspired by overcoming adversity and hardship by faith. When discouragement and sadness dissuade us from attempting to overcome hurdles and pursuing our goals, our capacity to move forward and stay motivated can be compromised. Many times facing the problems in life alone is much scarier than the problems by themselves.

Feeling blue is sometimes the key to put confidence in God and relying in His strength. That is what we call rebirth, shedding our old skin, realizing we are more powerful by turning our wounds into wisdom and finding a new way to stand.

Colours

Frame included as standard
100X125CM
• Wood frame with double white mount
• Matte premium fine art paper
• FREE Fixings Attached
• Ready to hang on your wall

Happy and Glorious ( Limited Edition Framed)

Edition size: 195

Artwork size: 19 x 26 inches

Framed size: 26 x 33 inches*

Limited Edition on Paper

NAMELESS 7821 - BLACK ON BLACK II (2021)

Original Artwork: Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: Height 80cm, Width 60cm
Framing :This artwork is not framed

80x60cm
Matte Acrylic on canvas

Using the Violence Painting style with Tint colours to create the Emotionally charged raw imagery with Heavy Colour Experimentation texture to enhance the form of portrait.

TO PAINT SOMEONE IN THE WORLD, TO FEEL THE TIME IN OUR FACE.

A COLOUR REPRESENTED A MARK OF LIFE, A FACE REPRESENTED A CHAOTIC PAIN.

ABOUT THIS ARTWORK: CLASSIFICATION, TECHNIQUES & STYLES
Acrylic
Paint using traditional pigments mixed with synthetic resins.

Abstract
Wassily Kandinsky thinks that to give emotion art must detach itself from figuration. For this, at first, he oversimplified the forms then from 1910, he completely removed any reference to a pattern, his work becoming abstract.
Painting
Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Vincent Van Gogh III - 2022

Acrylic on Canvas100x100cm

TECHNIQUE
Acrylic on Canvas
DIMENSIONS
100x100cm
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
SHIPPING
by professionals.

Nameless 4622, 2022

Using the Violence Painting style with Tint colours to create the Emotionally charged raw imagery with Heavy Colour Experimentation texture to enhance the form of portrait.

TO PAINT SOMEONE IN THE WORLD, TO FEEL THE TIME IN OUR FACE.
A COLOUR REPRESENTED A MARK OF LIFE, A FACE REPRESENTED A CHAOTIC PAIN.

OTHER DETAILS

Artwork on supported wooden frame. Framing on request.

75x60cm
Acrylic on canvas with Certificate of Authenticity
Ships within 7-14 business days
Shipping with Box

Nameless 2922, 2022

TECHNIQUE
Oil, Chalk on Canvas
OTHER DETAILS
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
DIMENSIONS
90x70cm
SHIPPING
by professionals.

Royal Reunion

Edition size: 150
Artwork size: 26 x 34 inches

Framed size: 31 x 39 inches*

Embellished Box Canvas

Known for his distinctive images of iconic faces, buildings, artworks and objects, visionary artist Craig Alan’s latest piece ‘Royal Reunion’ depicts the most famous and iconic face of all – The Queen. Released as a limited edition of 150, the embellished box canvas image is made up of hundreds of exquisitely painted figures all on their own journeys, yet at the seemingly perfect moment, they are captured mid stride to form the iconic face of Her Royal Highness. Both striking and conversation starting, the multicoloured painting would make an enchanting edition to any contemporary collection.