Chris Anthem
Chris Anthem is a painter based in Senegal
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Worm Tamer
Expanded Space
“Focus Baby, One Last Time”
“Sugar Cane” – Paintings July 2011Atalanta & Hippomenes- golden… »
Pregnant woman
R. – ne me fa(sh)che pasLimb.… »
ClearingBacks of work. (below) … »
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First DatesTenatious in the studio,. Bullet headed… »
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Cornwall Studio
Redruth – Cuthbert’s Morning Off I buried a finger in Carn Brea. It wasn’t my finger. But blood was spilt and flesh made manure for the knuckle of bone seed. I buried the finger near the source of spring (whose … Continue reading
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Runt
Last night the cat had a litter. 3 in total. 2 survived. We found this one this morning, its cowl still over its mouth and nostrils. I took it through to the studio. It kept me company through the day. … Continue reading
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“Scafander” – Art Résidence Alia, Ain Il Zhalta, Lebanon
Paintings Definition: “scafander” (noun) (n) Life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design. (n) A weighted and hermetically sealed garment supplied with air; worn by underwater divers. Drawings Scafander – Art Résidence Alia, Ain Il Zhalta, … Continue reading
lamella [luh-mel-uh]
lamella [luh-mel-uh] noun, plural la·mel·lae ?[-mel-ee], la·mel·las. 1.a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls. 5.Ophthalmology . a small disk of gelatin and glycerin mixed with a medicinal substance, used as a medicament for the … Continue reading
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L.E.A.D. or “Narrative painting ain’t what it used to be.”
LEDA became L.E.A.D – I was painting to Roy Orbison sing L.A.N.A dyslexically in my head.
Cornwall Open Studios 2012 – Chris Anthem
Open Studio. 2nd – 10th June 2012 See Open Studios Cornwall
Chris Anthem – video 2011
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Mursi – sketchbook pages.
Drawing in southern Ethiopia. amongst The Mursi. Sketchbook rags of an experience. Much has been documented on this tribe – http://www.storyculture.com/blog/hans-silvester—lomo-people-photographs/. Drawing elides the dynamics of voyeurism. At least in so much as the voyeur can fail. I took them 200 … Continue reading
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