Andrew McAttee - 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'
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FORSTER, an exciting new contemporary art gallery is launching on Fashion Street in Spitalfields, on 25th January 2007 with a solo show by Andrew McAttee.
The launch show entitled ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ will feature the latest works from optimist and artist, Andrew McAttee. McAttee is an artist who imbues the FORSTER ethic of vibrancy, spontaneity and subversiveness, and its bias towards urban culture.
McAttee’s latest work is described as a ‘type of dreamlike comic pop’ and borders on a sensory assault – with all manner of shapes, colours and textures bombarding the retina. The end result is an overriding sense of movement and vitality, like some psychedelic bubblegum universe, teeming with clusters of synthetic species bursting into life.
“My aim is to provide the viewer with a colourful riot of gravity-less forms set in highly layered, seemingly endless space with a sense of ambiguity, humour and celebration”.
Andy Warhol once said that he wanted to paint glamour – simple uncomplicated glamour. McAttee says he wants to paint optimism – simple uncomplicated optimism, where there are no hidden codes behind the layers of paint.
His solo show will feature original works on canvas and in addition, FORSTER is publishing the first two of a series of limited edition prints by McAttee. The prints are finest Giclee with 7 colour screen print on art paper (100 × 70 cm). Edition of 95. Price £400 inc. vat. unframed.
McAttee‘s work is becoming highly collectable with commissions from Benson & Hedges, Nike and fashion designer, Antonio Berardi amongst others. His work draws influence from a wide variety of sources including graffiti art, comic book graphics, pop art and abstract expressionism. As a renowned graffiti spray artist (STET) and his subsequent post-degree escape from the confines of street art, McAttee’s art has been featured in The Observer, The Independent Review, Hip Hop Connection, Graphotisms and New York Magazine The Intergalactic Times.
Photos by Paul Ostrer.