Zimbo Craig Wylie’s art exhibition in London

By Nehanda Radio On Apr 17, 2013 1,698

By Ivan Mudzudzu

LONDON – Craig Wylie is a Zimbabwean born in Masvingo and living in London. He studied Fine Arts in South Africa, graduating top of the class BFA with Distinction before moving to the UK in 1998.

This exhibition follows Craig Wylie's mastery of the genre of portraiture, and his on-going explorations in pushing its boundaries to the limit — This exhibition follows Craig Wylie’s mastery of the genre of portraiture, and his on-going explorations in pushing its boundaries to the limit

He has won numerous prizes for his painting including the BP Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, London and the Hunting Prize’s London Region Prize at the Royal College of Art, London. Wylie exhibits widely, both in London and internationally.

Craig is exhibiting 5 portraits at the Plus One Gallery in London from April 17 to 13 May. The work on show at Plus One Gallery juxtaposes his signature massive painted portraits, with small pencil drawings which mirror in miniature the painted images.

Through the inherent difference of the mediums, Wylie plays on the power of reinterpretation to remind us that the real is never in stasis.

Craig Wylie said “I believe in transformative power of paint. That it still has the capacity to move people, to breakdown temporal normality and extend the senses beyond the beyond the picture plane, to thoroughly intoxicate the viewer and bring them back to reality enriched.”

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