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Mark Vessey is a contemporary photographer and print maker whose compulsion for collecting has propelled him into the world of art. Forget the raw chaos of paint flecks on the canvas as Vessey explains “my work is about trying to establish an order” and what a beauty there is in the order that his camera captures. Collecting everyday objects, Vessey’s eye is perfectly tuned to the symmetry and tonality in a well structured collection a neat stack of matching magazine spines, or a range of weather beaten penguin books. It’s a new take on Pop Art’s obsession with consumerism a twenty first century approach to converting the banal into fine art and one that works to exceptional success. ‘Wallpaper’ depicts a row of Wallpaper City Guides, running across the print in neat, uniform fashion. There’s a striking minimalism to the piece, but an unavoidable beauty in the simplicity of clean lines and harmonious palette, resulting in an image that is striking, thought provoking and exceptionally well ordered.
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