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James Olley

THE PAINTER’S BRAIN

The sculpture is intended to express the translation of
the creative mind and how a painter experiences and
decodes the world. Through the richness of forms,
gestural and geometric, the enchanting sounds
and smell of colour, the painter is transported into
a sublime transcendental space where ideas are
expressed. In his studio work as a painter, James Olley
explores syntax, translation and the language related
to abstraction. For this piece, The Painter’s Brain,
he was inspired to represent the idea further, and
translate it onto the 3D sculpture made with
mixed media and collage.

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