Art Unmasked
27 OCTOBER 2022 - 10 NOVEMBER 20238. James Mortimer
Mask Diptych (Goat Scene & Volcano Beach)
Oil on gesso primed mask
15.5 x 20cm
This work is unique.
Mortimer’s treated mask is splayed as a diptych, like a folding renaissance altarpiece. One panel showing a beach scene overshadowed scenic destruction, symbolic of escapism. Opposite, a pleasant landscape with goats and sheep, though the ambiguous scene of man in the distance leaves the peacefulness open to question.
ESTIMATE
£500 - 700
This auction has now ended
Notes
James Mortimer was born in Swindon in 1989, and studied sculpture at the Bath School of Art and Design, receiving the Kenneth Armitage Prize for sculpture. His work is exhibited with various group and gallery solo shows, and he was selected for the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition with the bronze piece 'Crocodile Head'. He lives and works in the UK.
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