Johan Van Mullem is a Belgian artist that works in paint, sculpture and drawing.
Mullems work reflects that of Rembrandt and Francis Bacon. His paintings are mainly made using oil based ink on unprimed boards using both vibrant colours and earthy tones.
His work is based on the things that the brain sees and experiences in our lifetime, as well as emotional information.
200 x 140 cm
60 x 40 cm
140 x 120 cm
180 x 140 cm
Mullems abstracted portraits are extremely intriguing, the swirled patterns reflect the process of the brain and show a lot of emotion. Clearly, the work uses a lot of motion to create the patterns and marks but also a variety of dark and vibrant colours which change the mood between each piece.
I like the way which the work shows that is was creating using certain movements, you can see where the brush was dragged to create a particular line.
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