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An abstract painting composed of interlocking geometric shapes in bold primary colours. Red, blue, yellow and green forms create a dense, fragmented composition across the canvas.

Dämeon Wardhang's abstract patchworks play with colour and detail

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Date
7 July 2015

With ambiguous titles such as Chemistry, Estate and The Figures, illustrator Dämeon Wardhang leaves his lively work to speak for itself. The London-based artist creates orderly clusters of colour that look like a modern take on ancient drawings.

Reminiscent of Edward Monaghan’s illustrations with the stacking of coloured shapes to form one overall image, Dämeon’s patchwork creations play with the abstract and the detailed and it’s this mix that makes his images so interesting. Like a snapshot into Dämeon’s brain, he’s added a little structure to the chaos and it’s brilliant.

A colourful, geometric illustration composed of interlocking blocks and shapes. Stylised figures and objects are scattered throughout the composition in a palette of primary colours, pink and grey.
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Dämeon Wardhang: Rokesby Lesson

A colourful, complex illustration composed of a grid of smaller panels and geometric shapes. The imagery includes a yellow shark, a white yacht, a red mountain range and various abstract symbols.
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Dämeon Wardhang: Galapagos

An abstract illustration composed of bold geometric shapes in red, yellow, blue and black. The forms overlap and interlock to create a dense, fragmented composition that suggests a stylised face in profile.
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Dämeon Wardhang: Alzheimers

An abstract painting divided into four equal quadrants, each containing interlocking organic shapes in bold colours. The compositions use a palette of red, blue, green, pink, yellow and grey, all defined by thick black outlines.
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Dämeon Wardhang: Figures 2

A colourful abstract illustration featuring a fragmented composition of organic shapes and geometric blocks. Two feet, one red and one grey, are positioned at the top of a central yellow section.
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Dämeon Wardhang: Estate

An abstract painting divided into a grid of eight rectangular panels. Each panel contains a composition of bold, interlocking geometric shapes in primary colours, pink, grey and black.
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Dämeon Wardhang: The Figures

An abstract painting featuring bold, interlocking shapes in red, green, yellow and blue against a pink background. The fluid, organic forms are outlined in black and cast dark shadows onto a multi-coloured ground.
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Dämeon Wardhang: The Crawl

An abstract illustration featuring a composition of bold, interlocking shapes in grey, pink, yellow, blue and green. A row of small coloured circles sits above the main image against a pale peach background.
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Dämeon Wardhang: May 8

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Rebecca Fulleylove

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Rebecca Fulleylove is a freelance writer and editor specialising in art, design and culture. She is also senior writer at Creative Review, having previously worked at Elephant, Google Arts & Culture, and It’s Nice That.

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