Dion Cupido, Untitled (1)

$4,500

Dion Cupido, Untitled. Dion Cupido (b. 1973, South Africa) is largely self taught. He started exhibiting in 1998 at the Pea-Nut Gallery. In 2003 he studied at the Arts & Media Access Centre’s (AMAC) professional development program, where he won the Truworths AMAC Academy of the Visual Arts award. Over the past years, Dion has produced a consistent body of abstract work. He is known for his female portraits using ink marks and graffiti, which have been described as 'Afro-pop' portraits. He describes graffiti and hip-hop culture as influential on his painting style. "As I’m painting I’m writing things that have an effect on my daily life; ... I put everything on the canvas. It’s like a wall; it gets graffiti’d on, painted over, graffiti’d on… Walls have a history of people sharing their ideas, and that’s something that I love. I love the fact that we’ve been writing on walls since time began. That should never change."

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