Art Auction - Arms Around the Child, Timed
24 OCTOBER 2022 - 13 NOVEMBER 2022
Timed Auction
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2. Joe Machine
Alice In The Queen Of Hearts Garden
2019
Acrylic on canvas
101 x 76 cm
Unique
Signed
Donated by Jason Colchin Cater and the artists
Joe Machine began working on the Alice in the Art World series of paintings in 2013. The original idea for the series was suggested to him by the art critic Edward Lucie-Smith. The original Alice exhibition was hosted by Clapham Omnibus London in 2014 and the series has featured in several notable venues since.
Alice in the Queen of Heart’s Garden is the latest painting in the series. It features the esoteric symbols often included in the series such as the geometric triangle, representing mankind’s longing to attain God and the mathematical symbol of the Golden Ratio, a sequence found throughout nature and art. In keeping with the tradition of the Alice paintings, Joe’s daughter, Alexis is featured as Alice. She is depicted holding a Jackdaw, a bird she was able to tame in the artist’s garden
Joe Machine is represented by Isis Phoenix Arts. For all further information on the artist, email [email protected]
ESTIMATE
£3,000 - 4,500
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Notes
Joe Machine is a world- renowned artist, illustrator and writer described by the legendary art critic Edward Lucie- Smith as being the successor to Francis Bacon and William Blake. Having risen from a troubled upbringing and involvement in crime, he has become one of the most important British artists.
He is a founder member of the Stuckist art movement and painter in residence for the Prometheus Project in Trieste, Italy. He has exhibited at many prestigious venues in London and the UK and internationally in the U.S.A, France, Italy and the Czech Republic. He is known for his instantly recognisable style of painting which incorporates archetypal imagery and esoteric symbolism within his religious and mythological works.
He has collaborated with the mythographer and editor of The London Magazine Dr. Steven O’Brien, on several visual exhibitions and provided illustrations for Dr. O’Brien’s book ‘Britannic Myths’.
He has also illustrated two volumes of poetry for Edward Lucie-Smith, ‘Making For The Exit’ and ‘Surviving’ as well as ‘The Beowulf Oracle’ for John Matthews.
Joe is currently working on a new series of paintings based on Dr. O’Brien’s Arthurian cycle of writings and a major exhibition ‘Saints Of Britain’ for the Vatican.
Joe Machine lives in Somerset with his wife and children.
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