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Dick Frizzell

b.1943

Bachelor of Fine Arts: IIam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury

Dick Frizzell - Still Life With Sheeps Skull And Iris

Oil and enamel on board

Still Life With Sheep’s Skull And Iris

Dick Frizzell’s eclectic Pop art style and interest in popular culture and language have a lot to do with his working as a commercial artist after completing his fine arts studies. The kind of cross-fertilisation between high art and popular art that happens in his work was rare in New Zealand in the 1970s, but became less so with the arrival of Post-modernism. His paintings frequently reference art history, popular culture, illustration and consumer advertising, and are full of loaded, often ironic or critical images.

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Dimensions: 330x395mm