Artwork
#acrylic
#anatomy
#animals
#bugs
#Lily Mixe
#wooden
October 7, 2022
Grace Ebert
In The Butterfly Impact, French artist Lily Mixe illustrates the textured patterns of beetles, shells, cells, and birds by stark black and white. Working in acrylic on discovered wood packing containers and furnishings panels, Mixe accentuates the luxurious motifs of scales, branches, or feathers in renderings devoid of coloration. Every work juxtaposes the artist’s elegant graphic fashion towards the worn backdrops, which replicate a previous of human intervention by splattered paint, scratches, and printed textual content. Whether or not introduced as symmetric tableaus as in “Dragon Flying Birds” or an anatomical assemblage of wildlife in “Curious Assortment,” the specimens element the similarities and interconnected nature of all earthly life.
The Butterfly Impact, which is able to characteristic an on-site mural, opens on November 3 at Saatchi Gallery in London. Till then, discover extra of Mixe’s works on Instagram and her web site.
#acrylic
#anatomy
#animals
#bugs
#Lily Mixe
#wooden
Do tales and artists like this matter to you? Turn out to be a Colossal Member in the present day and help impartial arts publishing for as little as $5 per 30 days. You may join with a group of like-minded readers who’re captivated with modern artwork, learn articles and newsletters ad-free, maintain our interview collection, get reductions and early entry to our limited-edition print releases, and way more. Be a part of now!