This summer until the end of October, Opera Gallery Hong Kong is delighted to present artworks by contemporary artists Taher Jaoui and George Morton-Clark. The two artists take inspiration from street art, Abstract Expressionism, cartoons, and graffiti, all the while using oil paint, spray paint, charcoal, and acrylic to create large-scale and bold works.
The artistic practices of Jaoui and Morton-Clark cover a wide range of mediums, including text, film, and music. The mathematical symbols that commonly appear in Jaoui’s work give his intuitive approach a formulaic quality, yet his colourful palette brings a sense of movement to his paintings. On the other hand, Morton-Clark uses popular imagery to explore the nature of modern society and civilization. Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat and many other street artists, Morton-Clark combines familiar cartoon character cut-outs, gestural lines and abstract colour blocks to create provocative images that are a mix between Pop and abstract art.