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Octopussy Painting

Wayne Chisnall

United Kingdom

Painting, Acrylic on Wood

Size: 20.6 W x 17 H x 0.2 D in

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A figurative acrylic painting on early/mid-20th Century plywood packing crate from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Painted in a flat Pop Art/cartoon style to highten the contrast between the paint and the plywood's natural surface. It is intended as a contemporary take on the traditional Shunga prints of Japan. And in keeping with the Japanese theme, the artist incorporated the octopus tentacle (now a heavily eroticised image in much of the material that comes out of Japan), but subverted its presence by having the woman use it for her own masturbatory purposes, as opposed to the usual phallus metaphor that has the tip end of the tentacle exploring and attempting to penetrate.

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Painting:Acrylic on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20.6 W x 17 H x 0.2 D in

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BIOG A Fine Art practitioner with a background in book, magazine, and technical illustration; British artist, Wayne Chisnall, is now as well known for his sculptural work, paintings, drawings and prints. He is a winner of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award with a solid history of exhibiting nationally (an example being the Victoria and Albert Museum's 'Baroque To The Future' exhibition, in which he exhibited eight sculptures) and internationally. As well as exhibiting in museums and art galleries his work has feature in films, TV, books and magazines; including BBC 2's 'The Culture Show', Channel 4 News, London Live, Channel 4's 'Four Rooms', Penguin/DK's 'The Artist's Manual', and ‘Out of The Box’ by 8 Books Publishing. His sculptures have appeared in the feature film, 'Scratch', directed by Jakob Rørvik, and in 2013 he was commissioned to produce a series of paintings for the horror film 'Blaze of Gory'. The artist's work is featured regularly in on-line articles and interviews, including two separate features in The Huffington Post/Huffpost. Chisnall also organises and runs art/sculpture workshops for schools, hospitals and businesses, including ones for ING Bank's London headquarters via the Royal British Society of Sculptors and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. He was the recipient of the Amazing Art Award in the 2017 Dyslexia Awards. The actor, John Malkovich, chose Chisnall's script, 'Doppelganger', as the winning entry in the 2008 Sony VAIO Scriptwriting competition. This script, along with Malkovich's was then turned into the short animated film, 'Snow Angel’. “I’m going to go with the “Doppelganger” script. It’s clever, inventive, and somehow both surprising and inevitable. Very neatly done all in all.” John Malkovich (4th Jan. 2008). As well as working on his own projects the artist accepts commissions. His clients include The Vaults London, Brooke Roberts Innovation Agency, the luxury fashion brand Éthologie by Jasper Garvida, Mary Fox Linton, Andy Martin Architects, Converse, Dawood and Tanner, Domus, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Ctrl.Alt.Shift, various private collectors, and the Ping Pong restaurant chain, for whom he designed the interior artwork and decor of their new restaurant opposite Wembley Stadium.

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