NIGEL MULLINS | Paintings For Jubilant Temporal Ideologies
NIGEL MULLINS, Pragmatic, Jubilant, Organised
Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm (39 1/4 x 59 in.)
Nigel Mullins perceives his abstract works to be consoling and energizing structures. ‘These works are intended, at the simplest level, to activate a positive emotional state on entering the exhibition in a similar way to how stained glass windows in cathedrals may open one up to a state of contemplation,’ says Mullins. 'They do, however, also work as a positive visual metaphor for human endeavour [...] The act of compiling a series of colours and marks on a canvas is for me, a minimalist meditation on the nature of human constructs, both physical and social. The paintings, like culture, are the result of the accrual of choices, order, chaos and chance.’
Nigel Mullins has had numerous solo exhibitions in South Africa, the UK and Germany and has taken part in some 50 group shows. His work has been represented at the Cape Town, Johannesburg, Frankfurt and London art fairs and on the Mumia International Underground Animation Festival, Brazil. Mullins work is held in public and private collections in South Africa, the UK and Europe.
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