b.1955
Bachelor of Fine Arts: IIam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury
Mark Braunias’s painting Ladez-z reminds me of that phrase people use when ambitious plans they have made fall through: “Oh well, back to the drawing board”. This painting is a drawing board. It’s a jumble of flat, schematic doodles, which seem to be try-outs for properly finished cartoons.
Dimensions: 1230x923mm
For years it was feared that popular culture would infiltrate and corrupt the sanctity of high art. Mark Braunias sees this as his mission. His dizzying paintings are jammed with pop cultural references and forms that undermine any sense of art’s preciousness or separation from the real world.
Dimensions: 1203x1800mm
