Gorgeous Chaos 006 By Steve Smythe

The work of Steve Smythe is flavoured by his background as a graphic designer. Smythe's prints - which make deft use of mixed-media techniques, collage styles, and material innovation - are distinguished by their bold use of colour and compositional practices, crossing the line from graphics to art in the style of early Warhol or Paolozzi. 'Gorgeous Chaos 006' employs bricolage technique to exceptional success. An array of magazine cut outs, carefully torn and rearranged, are layered over the black and white face of a woman. Using a bold palette of only electric-yellow and monochrome, Smythe brings image, colour and typography into perfect compositional union, for a for a truly beautiful work of contemporary art