Artwork by Ben Quilty
Artwork by Ben Quilty
- Oil paint and aerosol on linen, 270 x 220cm. David Woolley
- Quilty’s studio plays host to mammoth, nightmarish paintings of grimacing skulls with snakes writhing from their mouths.
- Some of Quilty’s work is defined by the destructive and irresponsible behaviour of young men.
- Oil paint and aerosol on linen, 150cm x 160cm
- Chinese drawing ink and qouache on Aquari paper, 188cm x 282cm (right)
- Ben Quilty depicts babies not as sweet and beatific, but as squirming bundles of fury.
- Oil paint and aerosol on linen, 270cm x 220cm
- Quilty admits that the imagery in his art isn’t attractive.