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Smoking Props #4 Print

Dirk Kruithof

Australia

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"...The street-worn surfaces, with their hints of original advertising or instructional typography, or commercial images and signs, lend a Pop Art loutishness to the pieces. Which is perfect for a section of the show that Kruithof refers to as the ‘Smoking Props’ series. Here he has taken pop culture icons of rock, punk and jazz and line-drawn them ... smoking away with cigarettes as prop (as was ‘cool’, somewhat socially acceptable and everywhere on album covers and promo fotos of the time). Mingus, Lou Reed, Nina Hagen, Beefheart, Blondie, Zappa, Grace Jones and others appear with text and recontextual juxtapositions. The paintings are loosely based on old photos but Kruithof’s brash handling ... lends them an immediacy and a vibrancy that jumps at you." John Hardaker, 2022

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Giclee on Canvas

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16 W x 20 H x 1.25 D in

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17.75 W x 21.75 H x 1.25 D in

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Born and based in Sydney Australia, Dirk Kruithof studied a Fine Arts Diploma at Meadowbank and Kogarah Tafe, 1999 - 2001 Majoring in Painting. His subjects are language and information, images taken from the urban environment, the words signs and symbols, beauty and decay of the city environment. Dirk utilises photographs, sketches, the net, music, printed media, social media, life in the big bad city, and coffee as creative fuel for his Art. His work is a kind of 'Pop Expressionism' often incorporating elements of text or graffiti like marks. He has recently branched out into making digital artwork with the 'Procreate' App under alias 'Digital Decay.' These works are available as prints. He has sold his challenging and thought provoking work worldwide. Admires and influenced by artist like Christopher Wool, Basquiat, Kippenberger, Cullen, Bacon, Ramellzee, Dubuffet, Ian Fairweather, Lee Krasner and many others. Dirk has been exhibiting regularly since 2005. email: dirk.kruithof@yahoo.com dirkkruithof.com Artist Interview 2022 SSH here: https://southsydneyherald.com.au/lockd-unlocked-an-interview-with-dirk-kruithof/ Artist Interview from 2016 with John Hardaker here: https://wordsaboutmusic.wordpress.com/2016/04/02/interview-dirk-kruithofcity-of-illusion/

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