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David Hosie (Scotland, b. 1962) - Urban Youth, c. 1993 oil on canvas painting. Exhibited at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1993. Signed & titled to verso. Framed. Measures approx. 141 x 64cm (55" x 25")
David Hosie was born in Glasgow in 1962. He trained at Edinburgh College of Art graduating with MA in 1986. The stark introspective of imagery in the work is challenging and ominus yet images of youth are arguably symbols of hope, optimism and regeneration which serves to emphasis Hosie’s notion of the “fragility of optimism”. Hosie’s figures appear to symbolise a sense of aloneness and a search for identity. Where the onlookers eye is made to rest on a frozen stillness. Child/adult figures wrestle with their own presence, often accompanied by images of broken aeroplanes, guns and other toy like props. Lovers float and fall within silent skies where the static quality of the protagonists serve to intensify the emotional aspect to the viewer.
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