Capitalist Dream (drawing collage)

Mutliple drawings on paper from various stages in the artists career have been collaged together in a mixed media tour de force: Ink drawings on gouached paper, diagrammatic and geometric shapes in marker on Ikea catalougues, Texta and pen images of sneakers on yellow pages paper, pen and crayon female nudes and icons from social media ! The variety of imagery and background text and textures make this a work that rewards repeated viewings - there's alot of interesting corners to lose yourself in in this open ended and abstract but very contemporary narrative.

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Sydney Australian born and based, Dirk Kruithof studied a Fine Arts Diploma at Meadowbank and Kogarah Tafe, 1999 - 2001, Majoring in Painting. His subjects are language and information, the urban environment, words signs and symbols, beauty and decay. A kind of Pop Expressionism often incorporating elements of text or graffiti like marks. Dirk uses photographs, sketches, the net, loud music, newspapers, and life in the big bad city as source material and inspiration! Admires and influenced by artists like Wool, Basquiat, Kippenberger, Cullen, Bacon, Ramellzee, Dubuffet, Ian Fairweather, Lee Krasner and many others. Dirk has been exhibiting regularly since 2005.