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Christopher Campbell
British, b 1975
Christopher Campbell strongest impetus to make paintings is a desire to create a still, yet emotionally charged composition, from images of dull, mundane everyday life that most people would not stop and give a second glance. In other words, he uses a conscious effort to enhance the aesthetic of the mundane.
His works are of a photo realist nature, however they retain qualities of paint. The empty vehicles, buildings and streets act as a residual entity, a shell or a husk long since drained of its drama, its presence the last and only indicator to the episode of events that have previously unfolded.