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Surreal art and the pervasive nature of phobias

By Stephen Gibb | Published: 23/01/2020
Surreal art and Phobias While pondering a fun house setting for a painting, I became aware that the whole reason for a fun house is to artificially induce fear in the patron. It became clear that fear or phobias would then become the central theme to the painting. Taking a smattering of common phobias and […]
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Contemporary Art and the Death of Contemplation

By Stephen Gibb | Published: 14/03/2019
Contemporary art has been hit hard by our inability to focus, meditate or even take five minutes alone with a painting. With my painting Death of Contemplation, the title comes from my lament for a time before incessant distraction. When you could fall into a deep, thoughtful meditation and slowly mull over an idea until […]
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Contemporary artist takes a look at loss

By Stephen Gibb | Published: 05/03/2019
Contemporary artist is lost in the wilderness… Contemporary artist Stephen Gibb has offered a mysterious painting for an uncertain future society. Entitled “Pictorial Puzzles for a Post-human Palaeontologist“ the painter playfully acknowledges that there is “a man behind the curtain” and that the viewer isn’t about to fall down the rabbit hole, but is well […]
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Happy Surreal Peanut Butter

By Stephen Gibb | Published: 24/12/2016
Happy Peanut Butter - Stephen Gibb, oil on panel, 2'x2', 2016
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Pop Surrealism meets Pop Art

By Stephen Gibb | Published: 24/12/2016
When Pop Surrealism and Pop Art collide the results are Bubblegum Surrealism
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Contemporary Art & Bubblegum Surrealism: Stephen Gibb

How does Canadian artist Stephen Gibb figure in contemporary art? But is it contemporary art? Thank you for joining us in the off-kilter world of Stephen Gibb, where surrealism and Mother Goose are turned on their heads. Take time to explore and ponder his mysterious paintings that delve into the anxieties and joys of contemporary […]
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