Anthony Lister: Hurt People - Hurt People

A major new body of provocative work from Australian artist Anthony Lister. Hurt People – Hurt People presents a series of multi-faceted portraits saturated in celebrity and media obsessed disaster, continuing the artist's distinguished superhero series featured in 2013's Unslung Heroes.

Coining the term "adventure painting" Lister's large-scale canvases are hedonistic yet demure, constantly evolving stylistically while extending an impressionist approach to contemporary portraiture. Dark undertones often cloud the artist's seductive figures, constructed from a harmony of unapologetic brush strokes and bold colour palette. Loaded with authentic energy Lister animates his ominous characters within each composition, merging the technical execution of old masters with the free-hand spontaneity associated with his street art peers.