HUGH MENDES

My work is predominantly in Oil on Canvas, incorporating political and other contemporary issues, especially garnered from  the international press. However I am probably best known for my Obituary Paintings, a series I have been working on for over 10 years now. Recently they have been dominated by obituaries of other artists, especially reworking their self portraits for this purpose.

For this exhibition and in support of the Olive Network, I am showing 'Wallinger/Banksy' a painting of Mark Wallinger's recreation in Tate Britain of Brian Haw's protest encampment outside Parliament, as represented in 'The Guardian' newspaper. Also a print  which quotes the Pope on the occasion of the first man on the moon... 'Dont Forget Earth'! This in a way was the beginning of the ecology movement.

Bio:

Studied Chelsea School of Art, City & Guilds of London Art School (currently Senior Lecturer).

Internationally Exhibited and Collected, including Saltzburg Modern Art Museum, Torrence Art Museum.

Collections include Beth DeWoody, USA and Peter Nobel, Zurich.

Currently Represented by Charlie Smith London Gallery.

Continues to Live and Work in London. (Space Studios).