Leading contemporary pop artist Lhouette returns with extraordinary new titles ‘Hunter’ and ‘Gatherer’ alongside the seminal new series ‘Pop De-Pendants’.
‘Hunter’ and ‘Gatherer’ together form a daring duo of life-size compositions, with antlers reaching from their stag profile. Looking towards the origin of humanity itself, the early sparks of inspiration for the works were found in ancient relics and research into early civilisation. Providing a commentary on what ‘survival’ has come to mean in the 21st Century, Lhouette queries a society whose relationship with the natural world has become far more removed than ever.
A new formation of original works entitled the ‘Pop De-Pendants’ join ‘Hunter’ and ‘Gatherer’. Winged diamonds encrusted with confetti-like colour and emblazoned with global brands; en-masse they resemble a collective of flying messengers spreading the word of mass consumerism and social class. The origin of the ‘Pop-Dependants’ in the shelves of second-hand stores is perhaps therefore both pertinent as well as ironic; though as the master of juxtaposition between old and new, raw and refined, collectors have come to expect nothing less of Lhouette.
