Paul Harber - Contemporary figurative artist in Hampshire
I am a graduate of Chelsea School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. My work is in the figurative, realist tradition. The paintings contain many references to gesture and symbols, often using iconography 'out of context' in a gentle, humorous and ironic manner. None of these comments are obvious but sometimes do contain subtle contemporary political and social messages. The gestures the figures make often refer to previous periods of art, e.g. Greco-Roman/Renaissance/Mannerism - counter - reformation art. In contemporary settings they lose their previous meanings and take on new ones. My figurative paintings are realised in a variety of painting media, including watercolours, oils, gouache and acrylics.
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