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#humor
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#satire
#Toni Hamel
“Kabuki II (the efficiency),” oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches. All pictures courtesy of CK Up to date, shared with permission
Whereas scientists and researchers try to search out progressive options to local weather devastation and different world ills, Toni Hamel (beforehand) takes an unorthodox method to ingenuity. Together with her distinctive model of satire, the artist imagines a world of pure futility, by which geese are affixed to strings suspended from the sky and a large air freshener replaces residing pine bushes. When catastrophe strikes, she suggests, some individuals gravitate towards the straightforward, superficial repair and within the case of “In Lieu of Higher Days,” select to spend their time portray a rainbow regardless of destruction on the horizon.
The work proven listed below are included in Hamel’s forthcoming solo present operating from July 6 to August 3 at CK Up to date in San Francisco. Till then, dive into an archive of her absurd scenes on Instagram.
“The Gardeners,” graphite and watercolor on paper, 15 x 18 inches
“In Lieu of Higher Days,” oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches
“The Flock,” oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches
“As Stunning as Rainbows,” graphite, watercolor, and hand-stitched sequins, 22 x 30 inches
“Ikebana X (foxglove),” oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches
#humor
#portray
#satire
#Toni Hamel
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