[urbanangel]

Hush’s origins as a street artist continue to inform the medium of his contemporary work. His work demonstrates how he uses a very involved mixed media technique including painting, screen print, spray can and layering with paper. The infamous trademark of his female Manga image is complemented with pop art style females.

Inspired by the portrayal of the female form in art, the artist builds up and tears down layers of paint and images as he works, “letting the canvas and marks take their own path.” The result is an enigmatic synthesis of anime, pop-infused imagery and graffiti that exposes the conflict between power and decay, innocence and sexuality, and the fusion of Eastern and Western culture.

Hush continues to evolve his style which merges his early anime and pop-art influenced graffiti tagging techniques with an exploration of Romanesque iconographic imagery.

Hush is stimulated, influenced and driven by his cross cultural experiences. Having originally trained as a graphic designer and illustrator at Newcastle School of Art and Design, his work has taken him across Asia, Europe and the USA whilst simultaneously developing his prominence as a contemporary artist.

Over the last few years, the demand for Hush's paintings has grown immense. With pieces in prestigious Auction Houses, Galleries, and small runs of hand finished prints selling out in seconds online and shipping to art collectors worldwide.

Hush has the extraordinary ability to take numerous experiences – personal and cultural - merge them together and create a unique signature style that is globally applauded. Many contemporary artists aspire to do this: only a few truly succeed.

Hush now resides in the UK painting in his studio daily.

[Karl Read]

One to look forward too!

[neale]

Cant wait for this! could be show of the year I reckon, put my name down please Russ

[urbanangel]

Sept 30, 2009 15:22:39 GMT 1 neale said:

Cant wait for this! could be show of the year I reckon, put my name down please Russ

Thanks...We've had a virtual tour of what it's going to look like and we're pretty excited about it all.

Drop Russ a mail just so he doesn't forget...need your surname too:)

[Agent Provocateur]

Quality... always like a good Hush show.

An email has been sent!

[erzengel]

I'm very excite to see the new works :-)

[G-Man]

This is gonna be a good one, really liking some of Hush's stuff at the mo

[Keeping It Council]

Details of the show print from Hush's Flickr:



Title: Lolita
Edition: 35/50 tbc
Price: £200/250 tbc
Size: 380mm x 270mm
Description: 1 colour screen print on aged, stained, hand finished 300gsm Somerset velvet, deckled edges and hand torn.

Half of the edition will be printed in red and the other half black.

Signed and numbered by the artist.

Available from the gallery on 12th Novmber, 2009 and then online from the 13th.

[neale]

Very very nice

[Martin DK]

Looks exciting!

[LeBasse Projects]

Oct 3, 2009 14:05:33 GMT 1 Keeping It Council said:

Details of the show print from Hush's Flickr:

Title: Lolita
Edition: 35/50 tbc
Price: £200/250 tbc
Size: 380mm x 270mm
Description: 1 colour screen print on aged, stained, hand finished 300gsm Somerset velvet, deckled edges and hand torn.

Half of the edition will be printed in red and the other half black.

Signed and numbered by the artist.

Available from the gallery on 12th Novmber, 2009 and then online from the 13th.

Save me a Red one please...

[Daniel Silk]

Just been lookin around to see what shows are on over the next week or so, and notice this one opens next week

[Sohoria]

sure will be fantastic show... cant wait to see pics and fingers crossed great success... looking forward to seeing the originals...s

[mookie]

Interesting to see if there will be a change in direction with this show... as much as I like them hopefully no more graf geishas. The flyer looks promising.

[Deleted]

I liked Hush in 2008. My Graf Geisha now resides in a portfolio and is unlikely to see a wall. I see zero development in style or content since, and feel that I have one of a hundred variations on a tired theme. I hoped for so much from this artist, and from the teasers I've seen, I am not holding out too much hope for this new show.

I predict Manga big eyed soft porn, a spattering of neo-classical statues some sprayed hearts and graf like squiggles.....in other words the same show again.

I hope I'm wrong.....

[Happy Shopper]

That print doesn't make me hopeful.
More manga characters, tags, etc... There doesn't seem to be a clever thought behind it, just pretty graphics. IMO.

[mookie]

The preview image suggest something darker perhaps... how much can you develop manga images though? maybe this show will be something special.

Carl is a nice chap and I like some of his work but there are only so many of the same half naked chicks you can have on a wall... I hope this show takes his work to the next level.

I like blades and the original giesha tryptch on wood was stunning and I would never tire of looking @ that... but when I look through his flickr pages he made a pretty big jump from his work pre '08 but since that has not had many new ideas. Looking forward to the show dude!!!

[Karl Read]

Just seen the buyers preview pdf. Some lovely work, typical Hush. To be honest i prefered the work from the upper playground show but this is lovely too IMO. No originals in my price range i would go for but there will be 4 prints to be sold which should look great. Small editions too, not sure on the price though. Could be keen for one of those.

[Zero Cool]

Went around to Hush's studio yesterday to checkout the show and I was very impressed - people are going to say it's typical Hush because of the use of Asian imagery but that is what he does and his style and the way the imagery has been used has come on leaps and bounds - there are 3 predominantly white canvases which were outstanding in my opinion and the level of detail is incredible.

Looking forward to the 12th and seeing them hanging in the gallery!

[Karl Read]

Nov 4, 2009 13:54:46 GMT 1 Zero Cool said:

Went around to Hush's studio yesterday to checkout the show and I was very impressed - people are going to say it's typical Hush because of the use of Asian imagery but that is what he does and his style and the way the imagery has been used has come on leaps and bounds - there are 3 predominantly white canvases which were outstanding in my opinion and the level of detail is incredible.

Looking forward to the 12th and seeing them hanging in the gallery!

When i said "typical Hush," i didnt mean that in a bad way.

[neale]

Nov 4, 2009 13:03:07 GMT 1 Karl Read said:

Just seen the buyers preview pdf. Some lovely work, typical Hush. To be honest i prefered the work from the upper playground show but this is lovely too IMO. No originals in my price range i would go for but there will be 4 prints to be sold which should look great. Small editions too, not sure on the price though. Could be keen for one of those.

could you forward me the link mate, really like to see the other prints...ta

[G-Man]

This is gonna be good see some of you there on the 12th

[neale]

Yep, will definately be there!!

[annar50]

yeap , i'll be there also . Look out for a schott bag . That will be me. Stop and say hello

[shortcut]

here's a taster -

[13loco]

The last one seems a collaboration with the old Micallef....

NICE!!!!

[annar50]

www.flickr.com/photos/annar_50/

[locko]

very cool images!!!

[Agent Provocateur]

Have been perusing the preview pdf and there's a subtle shift in the feel of his work. Really refreshing to see the sketches above as well, in some ways the simpler rawness combined with the classic clean manga type imagery and the immediacy of the sketch show the undercurrents he's trying to get across in his work...

People may call that rollocks but I'm a fan so I'm biased

I'll get onto the olde discussion that many artists get about having to go to 'the next level' every show/year... but need a few more amber nectars before that

[Grubster]

i have viewed the PDF and it does seem he is taking his work more serious... the little subtle effects of "lolita" and "modern girl" with the lichenstien and micallef influences really makes these stand out!! love these pieces..