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A digital collage of fragmented classical paintings. Figures in draped clothing are sliced and layered over a backdrop of swirling clouds and stormy skies.

Painter Simon Casson takes the collage back a few centuries

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Date
27 May 2013

No we aren’t showing you paintings taken from The National Gallery, these are by British painter Simon Casson. At first you notice the incredible talent this guy has and how they could be easily passed off as Renaissance or baroque classics, with a twist of course. I love the mix of formal and haphazard paint strokes, mixed together to create a collage-type effect. He drags paint across the eyes of the bourgeois or incorporates what look like different paintings almost randomly but somehow it works. These really are pretty amazing and we’ve seen nothing like it.

A collage of fragmented paintings and sketches layered over a blurred, abstract background. Recognisable elements include a leaping stag in the top right and a sepia-toned landscape in the centre.
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Simon Casson: Lupercalia, Ilia and Mars II

A painting of a person in a white dress with a large blue bow, shown in profile. Thick, horizontal strokes of white and green paint are layered over the figure’s eyes and the background.
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Simon Casson: Untitled

A collage painting of a white horse with a red saddle standing in a classical landscape. The scene is fragmented by torn strips of paper and blurred digital-style glitches.
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Simon Casson: Drashel

A painting of a person in a classical cream dress, their eyes obscured by a thick, horizontal smear of white paint. To the right, a still life of fruit sits in a dark alcove, partially covered by draped pink and yellow fabric.
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Simon Casson: Untitled

A collage painting featuring fragmented landscapes, figures and abstract brushstrokes. A person in a white dress appears on the left, while a deer rests in a wooded scene to the right.
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Simon Casson: Vur – Vore

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