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An abstract painting of various colourful, organic shapes scattered across a black background. The forms resemble smooth pebbles or shards of glass in shades of red, blue, green and gold.

Art: Updates from Paul Wackers, whose lovely work defies categorising

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Date
1 May 2014

It’s been four whole years since we last posted about Paul Wackers, and four years is the same amount of time it takes to be conceived, gestate, be born, and learn to walk and talk, so it makes sense that he’s also created truckloads of new work in that time. I don’t know what the images are of, exactly; often collage, usually mixed media and occasionally reminiscent of a lovely interior complete with houseplants and bunting. The beauty of this work, though, is that you don’t need to know. Each piece makes perfect sense on its own, having achieved a playful kind of balance not entirely dissociated from, art, graphics or illustration. Cheers to you Paul!

A painting of a blue shelving unit filled with a chaotic mix of houseplants, abstract geometric shapes and colourful objects. Tangled lines and floating forms weave through the shelves, creating a dense, layered composition.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

An abstract painting featuring a dark, central rectangular form overlaid with a thick, curving black line. Geometric shapes, thin colourful lines and a string of bunting decorate the composition.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

A collage of a potted plant with large, black silhouette leaves. The plant sits on a brown surface alongside a textured white vase and a dark, geometric sculpture.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

A collage featuring a green leafy plant in an orange wire basket, set against a bold black and white geometric background. Abstract shapes, painted textures and thin linear elements overlap across the composition.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

A painting of various bowls and vases in a loose, expressive style. The vessels are arranged across a pale grey background in a range of colours, including yellow, blue, purple and ochre.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

A 3D render of a geometric composition set against a swirling, marbled background of gold, grey and white. Thin, multi-coloured lines form an abstract skeletal structure over a white plinth, which holds a translucent rock and a small red and yellow circle.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

A painting of various colourful, organic shapes scattered across a black background. The forms resemble polished gemstones or pebbles in shades of blue, red, purple and green.
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Paul Wackers: Untitled

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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