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MODE 2 -
'Reality, Fantasy, And The Web'
21st August - 10th October 2009
Photos for www.wallkandy.net unless stated
Best viewed as a set here
Widely considered to be one of the most
influential street artists ever, Mode 2
continues to push eroticism in his
gallery work, often quite explicitly,
while trying to keep men and women
engaged in an egalitarian dialogue about
sexuality. Capturing movement and
energy, freezing the action at its most
crucial stage, Mode’s work has always
focused on issues close to him: love,
lust, relationships, hip hop culture in
all its aspects, clubbing, hanging out,
the environment and motherhood.
Constructed and created entirely
on-site in the Newcastle gallery
basement, Mode has utilised the
practical and modular qualities of
cardboard, building up his painting
surfaces with a patchwork mosaic
assembly of differing textures and
shades, cutting and juxtaposing well
over 100 separate pieces into
compositions until they found a
particular harmony in his eye. Only
after completing this laborious task did
he move on to the actual sketching and
painting with pastels and acrylic
itself.
Besides these new paintings, there's
the added bonus of the ground floor of
the gallery showing a selection of his
sketches, something of a first for Mode;
as he's never before allowed us to look
behind his more public painting work.
Lazarides The Quayside,
Newcastle.
54 photos | 81,147 views
items are from between 07 Aug 2009 & 20 Aug 2009.