This
extensive exhibition of new paintings and drawings transports
the viewer into the carnival of Bricusse’s
imagination. Bricusse draws from his own wide-ranging experiences
of excess and combustibility. The shapes, colours and symbols
in his paintings are consistently energetic and fluid with
Bricusse using animals, ancient samurais, pirates and gypsies
as metaphors for his own feelings. Combat is a common theme
with otherworldly guardians or animals facing each other
in perfect inverted symmetry. Passion is another. There
is a voyeuristic element to Bricusse’s work, where
the viewer is persuaded to look beyond the cracked surface
of the painting to experience
innocence and experience, sex, death and magic which lurk
in these multi layered, rich, opulent images. Peculiar
yet humorous and occasionally sinister, they are glimpses
into the life of the artist - a sensuous diary of appetites.
Arresting and unsquemish, this exhibition is like walking
into an adult sweet shop.
Adam
has achieved numerous sell out shows in the USA and several
shows in London, the latest with David Grob at
London’s Charing X Gallery. Adam Bricusse has been
collected worldwide.
David Grob
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Adam
Bricusse
