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Graceland London

Drawing on her knowledge of art history and fascination with symbolism, Graceland London’s ultra-contemporary work depicts scenes of decadence and vice, with reference to the compositions of Old Master paintings.

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CliffhangerGRA Cliff Hanger 2
Cliffhanger

Graceland London | Limited Edition

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CwarantineGRA Cwarantine 2
Cwarantine

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PlaygroundGRA Playground 2
Playground

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Graceland Book 4 Graceland Book 2
Spotlight on the Shadows Exhibition Book

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GRA Set of four GRA Cwarantine 3
Spotlight on the Shadows | Set of Four

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GRA There Is Only You 1 GRA There Is Only You 2
There Is Only You

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‘Artists uniquely mirror their times,and in my work I want to illuminate how,from birth,society shapes our reality.’

The artist

Graceland London

Graceland London is a British artist born in London. She developed a passion for drawing and painting from a young age. Her fascination for art led her to study a BA in Fine Art and History of Art at Hampstead Fine Arts. It was here that she developed a passion for Italian Renaissance and 15th century Flemish paintings. This passion would have a massive impact on her practice and remains with her to this day.

After concluding her BA, Graceland London went on to study 3D Digital Design and Animation at Greenwich University. This experience was also significant in developing her practice and many of the characters and unique motifs that frequently feature in her work were invented and realised in 3 dimensions during this time. This includes a character that she refers to as a 'squeegee'. This colourful character is represented with a stubble, symbolic in animations of being unkempt, and a melancholic expression. She explains this figure represents the 'ego' and the 'shadow', the part of a person that wants to act in self-destructive ways.

Graceland London has exhibited in many prestigious galleries and art fairs, both in the UK and internationally. In 2019 she exhibited at Art Basel Miami and in 2023 she exhibited at Art Basel in Switzerland.

Graceland London's original paintings are created using acrylic paint which emphasises the flat surface of the canvas; the complex worlds that she creates are represented in a 2-dimensional universe. However, in stark contrast, she employs oil paint for the representation of certain motifs, rendered with a sophisticated use of shading and patient attention to detail. These motifs appear to be in stark contrast to the rest of the scene, seemingly in relief from the canvas.

Graceland London has also developed her practice through the digital medium, creating NFT's. Stylistically and conceptually, these works are consistent with her canvases. Her approach to representation, which emphasises outline and blocks of colour, is effectively represented through digital painting on an iPad.

Her artwork is created to be explored and dissected. The worlds that she creates are furnished with a vast array of objects, characters and phrases that are full of associations to stimulate the imagination of the viewer. Generally, her approach to composition is to fill the picture plane, taking inspiration from old master painters such as Jan van Eyck, Luca Signorelli and Hieronymus Bosch whose paintings are a treasure trove of details and characters.

A consistent theme that runs throughout her oeuvre is a scepticism towards contemporary Western culture. Featured across her paintings are references to the contemporary social and economic climate. Her paintings include Gucci logos, Donald Trump rubber ducks and references to QAnon (a far-right conspiracy theory and political movement). The fried eggs which feature in many of her works is a particularly poignant expression of her cynical outlook towards the state of the world. Whole eggs have been represented throughout the history of art as a symbol of optimism and new life. Graceland inverts this tradition by representing the egg as fried to symbolise, in a playful way, 'when you come to this life, you are already doomed...because of how many things are wrong with this world'.

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