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"Alistair Frost, Soup de Jour, 2012" by Alistair Frost

Young British Artist Alistair Frost composes lyrical paintings which reduce everyday objects to the simplest of lines. While his early works were essentially abstract, they were rarely devoid of recognisable visual markers ranging from outlines of domestic objects to graphic symbols such as crosses or speech bubbles. Frost has exhibited extensively internationally, and has work in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art.

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"Slavomir Zombek, The City -­ Extended Relations N°01" by Slavomir Zombek

Whether he works in charcoal, pencil or collage, Slavomir Zombek's art is instantly recognisable. He balances simple shapes with understated patterns to create cool, calm and contemplative images with mind cleansing purity. "I find inspiration in nothing more and nothing less than life. With your eyes and ears open, it only takes a little. Even banality can be inspiring if you see it differently." – Slavomir Zombek

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"Ralph Steadman, Shakespeare, 1993" by Ralph Steadman

The Bard is bizarre! Part homage, part parody, Steadman's scruffy sketch captures the fiendish creativity of the masterful Renaissance playwright. Famed co-conspirator of Hunter S. Thompson, Steadman’s work shares several key personality traits: a troubled relationship with sanity, an anarchic sense of humour, and at its core an unquestionable integrity.

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"CYRCLE., Words Cube" by Cyrcle.

'Boundaries' is one word that is kept out of CYRCLE.'s extensive vocabulary. The collective of street artists, graphic designers and traditional fine artists have been developing their own language for the past three years, and they refuse to define themselves using clichéd labels. From investigating form and function to encouraging participation, CYRCLE. challenge and embrace the full spectrum of what art can be.

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"Ben Hupfer, Hong Kong 4, 2012" by Ben Hupfer

Ben Hupfer’s 'Hong Kong' series presents a study of architecture and modernity in the world's most vertical city. Congested with lights, adverts and rectangular residencies, this series captures an exciting metropolis in an electric glow of colour. Inspired by a broad range of cultures, Hupfer studies the physical functionality of the places he visits. He documents the geometry of each space, exploring how it may affect the movements and emotions of its inhabitants.

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"Nick Veasey, Baseball and Glove" by Nick Veasey

Nick Veasey is a British artist specialising in x-ray photography. In a world obsessed with images, Veasey strips away the facade of familiar objects to reveal their inner workings. His x-ray vision has penetrated everything from tarantulas to teddy bears, and he claims to have produced the world’s largest x-ray ‒ that of a Boeing 777.

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"Kelly Richardson, Orion Tide (Edition) II, 2012" by Kelly Richardson

Kelly Richardson’s dark, dreamlike landscapes are digital combinations of video footage and photography. Constructing fantastic scenery from fragments of reality, Richardson creates haunting works with an otherworldly glow. Her captivating pieces have earned her a reputation as one of the most exciting digital media artists of her generation.

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"Warren Keating, Paris Man in Blue-Striped Scarf, 2011" by Warren Keating

A white-haired Parisian man is seen walking along the sidewalk on St. Germain, as viewed from the balcony of The Hotel Lutetia. Keating uses a new type of mark making called Pixelated Expressionism, a self invented technique which combines painting with digital imagery. Expressive swashes of paint depict the moving, fragmented pixels from a video reference image, eerily echoing the all seeing eye of the surveillance camera, and poetically reminding us that 'we are not alone.'

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"Jochen Klein, Tabletop 2, 2007" by Jochen Klein

Jochen Klein's 'Tabletop' photographs feature everyday materials in arrangements which, from a distance, appear to be epic views of idealised landscapes. By playing with our perceptions, he questions our expectations of the natural world and our experiences of landscape. Klein was a member of Group Material, a New York based collective who wrote texts on the relationship between aesthetics and politics. He also created a number of photographic works with his partner Wolfgang Tillmans.

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"Carrie Moyer, For Sister Corita, v.1, 2004" by Carrie Moyer

Moyer is an unapologetic borrower of historical styles. Ever the agent provocateur, she deploys these in pursuit of social and sexual equality. But this is not to suggest that Moyer is brash or heavy handed; her layered pools of colour mark out delicate but powerfully argued positions. Moyer co-founded Dyke Action Machine (DAM!) in the nineties, along with photographer Sue Schaffner. The influential public art project was an agitprop (agitation propaganda) powerhouse for the gay community, and ran for seventeen years.

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