painting

MEMZEF (born England 1981-) is a British artist who lives reclusively on the south coast of England.

A painter primarily, working majoritively with oil on canvas most often in a relatively large scale pieces.

Making use of a spectrum of techniques and methods from the fine delicate glazes of master painting to the rugged brutal method employed in anarchic street art stencilling.

With a post modern tendancy toward in-continuity of subject matter. Memzef's work could be regarded as dark and dynamic art, loaded with vicious contempory cynicism displaying a constant sphere of duality and seemingly conflicting notions. Commited in style with untamed brutal ferility full of actionised energy, often aggressive and threatening with an evident commonality with ancient artworks, sharing that same potent pungent and powerful presence that captures the viewer and draws them into the work capturing their attention and engaging with them.

A always exploratitive complex intricately realised random fractal of opposing ideas, violent and beautiful, calculated and impulsive, with all the obsurdity and randomness of things we come to find true. Presented with a detached coolness and deep philosophical seriousness but with an underlying nonsensical irrational whimsy, like a cold scientific report ending with a snappy enthusiastic show tune.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 my greatest happiness

 

2018

 

unfinished

 

55cm x 92cm x 33mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fudo

 

2018

 

oil on canvas

 

180cm x 83cm x 33cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fudo

 

2018

unfinished

55cm x 92 cm x 33mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fish wheel

2018

75cm x 75cm x33mm

mixed media on canvas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (untitled)

 

2018

 

mixed media on canvas

 

 64cm x 162cm x 34mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (untitled)

 

2018

 

mixed media on canvas

 

16.5cm x 16.5cm x 2cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(jaws 4)
 

2017

acrylic on canvas

26cm x 26cm x 2cm

(double ghost hawk)

2017

acrylic on canvas

2 panels each measuring 20cm x 25cm x 2cm

(black fish)

acrylic and oil on canvas

36.5cm x 32cm x 3.5cm

2017 



untitled

paper card and acrylic

69cm x 47cm x 14cm

c2014

                                        

1.                                 

untitled

mixed media on canvas

123cm x 59.5cm x 3.5cm

c2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

untitled

unfinished

 mixed media on canvas

123cm x 59.5cm x3.5cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



nkulee dube

unfinished

oil on canvas

48.5cm x 70cm x 2cm

untitled

 oil on canvas

84cm x 99.5 cm x 3.5cm

c2016



DOUBLE ANGEL

oil on canvas

two panels each measuring 91cm x 146 cm x 3.5cm

c2017



untitled

oil on canvas

71cm x 53 cm x 3.5cm

c2015

untitled

mixed media on canvas

c2016

untitled

oil on canvas

 45cm x 70cm x 2cm

c2017

untitled

mixed media on canvas

26.5cm x 65cm x 2cm

c2016

 

untitled

mixed media on canvas

 167cm x 75cm x 3.5cm

c2015

untitled

paper card and acrylic paint

49cm x 40cm x 14cm

c2014

untitled

mixed media on canvas

26.5cm x 65cm x 2cm

c2015



untitled

oil on canvas

 37cm x 41cm x 3.5cm

c2016





untitled

 mixed media on canvas

 two panels each measuring 26.5cm x 65cm x 2cm

c2016



untitled

oil on canvas

17cm x 23cm x 3.5cm

c2016

untitled

mixed media on canvas

83cm x 180cm x 3.5cm

c2000

untitled

oil on canvas

125.5cm x 59.5cm x 3.5cm

c2017

untitled

oil on canvas

two panels each measuring

61cm x 129cm x 2 cm

c2015

untitled triptych

oil on canvas

three panels each measuring 72cm x 83cm x 2cm

c2016

untitled

oil on canvas

63cm x 80 cm x 2cm

c2016

untitled

oil on canvas

89cm x 43cm x 2cm

c2001

untitled

oil on canvas

71cm x 83cm x 2.5cm

c2001

untitled

oil on canvas

90cm x 55cm x 3.5cm

c2015

untitled

acrylic on canvas

124cm x 153cm x 2.5cm

c1999

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