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JOSHUA RAZ

b. 1993, London, England JOSHUA RAZ

b. 1993, London, England

Joshua Raz lives and works in London. His paintings acknowledge that reality is experiencing a period of atrophy. In neglecting to question artificial narrative, AI and our own increasingly artificial existence, the significance of reality is withering. We live vicariously through flat interfaces, and thus they are treated as the primary sources of empirical truth. The paintings unpick the dependability of the twodimensional image with spliced landscapes and warped perspectives: His latest work illuminates possible symptoms of prioritizing individualism over community. One’s individual identity and opinions have become the salient measures of worth. Perhaps this modern anthropological shift can be held accountable for some of wider society’s flaws: platforms that offer the illusion of community whilst only truly catering for the individual; the diminishing cultural presence of love; the antiquation of community; the commandments of the collectives that remain becoming fierce, unforgiving and polarising.

JOSHUA RAZ

“As an artist who includes people within my work, I hope that my paintings hint at anthropological peculiarities. Perhaps at times the paintings may illuminate some eerie cul de sac that our endeavours have driven us into, yet they often embrace the triumph of existence despite these moments.”

Self Portrait (I and Those That Made Me) 165x190cm £12,800 Oil on canvas

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One False Moment and Crowds and Crowds 180x165cm £12,800 Oil on canvas

JOSHUA RAZ

Spectator Sport/Lost of Love 165x165cm £12,500 Oil on canvas

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Coming to Terms with a Life of Almost Unlimited Leisure 130x160cm £11,500 Oil on canvas Caught Napping/Picking Up Daisies 160x180cm £12,800 Oil on canvas

Dog Walk With Wild Dog and Bone 90x60cm £5,500 Oil on canvas

Garden Through a Broken Lens 30x20cm £900 Watercolour on paper

EBERHARD ROSS

b. 1959, Germany. EBERHARD ROSS

b. 1959, Germany.

Eberhard Ross lives in Germany. He is an abstract painter. Forty years ago, when he bought his first record of Keith Jarrett and a small book, Zen in the Art of Archery by the German philosopher, Eugen Herrigel, he under-estimated the profound and unexpected impact these writings and music would have on me and my work. He looks for the sound of colours. He tries to paint sound. Over the years, his work developed and the meaning of the space between, the meaning of the “breaks” became increasingly important. The solo improvisations of Jarrett are dedicated to the sound and mainly to the moments of silence when a tone can sound. So, it is the change into the silence, the change between fullness and emptiness which makes this music so powerful.

EBERHARD ROSS

”My central concern is to enable people to have a break and enjoy the peaceful but energetic atmosphere my works hopefully can cause!”

03010 Speicher 180x160cm £12,500 Medium oil on canvas 02410 Speicher 160x150cm £11,700 Medium oil on canvas

04508 Speicher 170x190cm £15,000 Medium oil on canvas 01009 Speicher 150x140cm £10,800 Medium oil on canvas 00119 Speicher 120x110cm £9,000 Medium oil on canvas

03813 Speicher 120x110cm £9,000 Medium oil on canvas