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Paul Hartigan

Paul Hartigan (Born 1953) was active/lived in New Zealand.  Paul Hartigan is known for Painting.

Paul Hartigan is an individual that inspires intrigue. He’s an artist who has been around for decades, though has never stopped pushing his practice into new places. Whether rendered in paint, print or neon, his work is always distinctive. Red Hand is an enamel painting from the late 70s, that sees Hartigan mashup pop-culture and horror within a fine art context into an image that seems both gory and comical. In conversation, Hartigan was animated when discussing Red Hand. “These enamel paintings are rare as hen’s teeth. I paint 20 paintings in one painting, that’s the way I look at a work like this. Everything is condensed down. I might have a universe of thought and it’s compressed into one final resolution.” The genesis of that universe was intriguing to explore, “The origin of these early pop enamel paintings is in American comics. The shiny, glossy covers, the 50s horror comics – Adventure into Fear, Weird, Tales of the Crypt are some of the titles – they were a source of "Paul Hartigan – Red Hand" Essay by JULIAN MCKINNON   ...  [Displaying 1051 of 3005 characters.]  Artist bio

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