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Mark Braunias at work
Behind the scenes
Artist Mark Braunias is in the building working on a new mural commission for the Gallery.
Entitled The Children's Charter, this 10-metre long work is appearing in the corridor outside the education centre. Gallery photographer John has captured a few shots of Mark at work.
Mark Braunias at work creating The Children's Charter
The 'drawing with a long stick' technique is a perennial favourite of the life-drawing class, but I've never yet seen it put to such good effect. (Would-be experimenters with the technique please note: one of the sticks happens to be an ex golf club.)
Mark Braunias at work creating The Children's Charter
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Exhibition
Children's Charter
Mark Braunias lets loose his cast of drawn and painted characters in the Gallery’s education corridor.
Collection
Mark Braunias Mang
Mark Braunias has applied a kind of speculative genetic engineering to the work of Walt Disney, Andy Warhol and the surrealist Jean Arp, resulting in giant, amoeba-like versions of comic-book characters that appear ready to spring to life. A master of reassemblage and reinvention, Braunias makes his ‘quick draw’ from a vast cache of popular cultural and historical sources, while applying a quiet dose of wry intent. (Op + Pop, 6 February – 19 June 2016)