Reflecting the uncertainties of our times, the population of cartoonish characters the artist depicts seem anxious and manic from overexposure, all wide eyes and gritted teeth. There are references following the lineage of Picasso to Bacon, through Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism to Condo and his’Psychological Cubism’. McAfee draws from and collages together his personal, art history and popular culture creating works full of contradictions: They’re irreverent and sincere, humorous and grotesque, accidental and intentional, timid and boisterous, anxious yet joyous and celebratory.
Duncan McAfee(b. 1976) graduated from Chelsea School of Art in 2000 and has been on the Turps Banana Off-Site Programme since 2021.
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