THE ART OF DISCOVERY

The Fusion Gallery is delighted to introduce three new artists to you, Anna Bocek, Robert Pepperell and Zarum.

Anna Bocek was born 1973 and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.

Café rose

The inspiration for Anna’s painting comes from the theatre. There are two facets, drawn from the theatre; the first directly influences the topics of her paintings (related not so much to the theatrical space itself, as to the human being existing in it). The second facet makes her paintings come to life and gives them three-dimensional characteristic. Anna’s paintings do not try to reconstruct reality nor comment on it. Her paintings are studies of human nature, emotions, sensual experiences and moods. They are bright, vibrant, and full of energy and passion.

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Robert Pepperell was born in London in 1963; he studied at the Slade School of Art, leaving in 1988. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s he exhibited numerous innovative electronic works, including at Ars Electronica, the Barbican Gallery, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, the ICA, and the Millennium Dome. He has also published several influential books, including The Posthuman Condition (1995 and 2003) and The Postdigital Membrane (2000), as well as many articles, reviews and papers. He is an Associate Editor with Leonardo, the journal of the International Society for Arts, Technology and Science, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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Robert’s paintings and drawings are the result of intensive experimentation in materials and methods designed to evoke a very specific, though elusive, state of mind. The works induce a disrupted perceptual condition in which what we see cannot be matched with what we know. Instead of a recognizable depiction the viewer is presented with what the art historian Dario Gamboni has called a potential image, that is, a complex multiplicity of possible images, none of which ever finally resolves. Engaging in an ongoing dialogue with art of the past, particularly the Baroque and early Cubism, the works on canvas, panel and paper weave a complex web of impossible and contradictory passages suggesting erotic or heroic dramas with both bestial and transcendent overtones. The images, when seen in real life, are compelling and often disturbing despite the traditional aesthetic framework they occupy.

Fragrance

Zarum is a Canadian artist who for the past 3 years has created his works in Spain. Zarum grew up in Canada but is strongly influenced by his distant Spanish heritage. When asked why paint in Spain, Zarum replies "I feel alive and can express myself with the same fire I feel from the flamenco or the awesome landscape”.

Nude on the beach

Zarum creates works that sell to collectors and art lovers all over the world. His works have been shown in North America, Europe and will shortly be seen in the Middle East and South America.

With Zarum’s work you have to look deeply, you have to look and look again to interpret the message deeply hidden within. They are original, bright, and expressive and there is an obvious fascination with women. The paintings are original and haunting. They jump out at you. They are watching you as much as you are viewing them. There is originality here that deserves notice and attention.

Femme Fatal

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Judy Webber
Gallery Director
The Fusion Gallery

For further details please contact:

Judy Webber
Gallery Director
Tel: + 34 966 880 466 or + 34 902 888 066
Mob: + 34 696 853 007
Email: judy@thefusiongallery.com
Web: www.thefusiongallery.com
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