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GUIDO MOCAFICO

22/01/2010 to 20/02/2010

Hamiltons Gallery

13 CARLOS PLACE LONDON W1K 2EU

www.hamiltonsgallery.com

Guns concentrates on the beauty and technical feat of the man made object, remenicent of Mocafico's Movement series; delighting in the sleek design and functionality of the weapons which are in themselves works of art set against black backgrounds. 'I do not like violence but cannot deny that these machines are real and a part of life, they are symbolic – particularly during this time of war.' Mocafico. The viewer is encouraged to look beyond their raw, often destructive reality and consider the beauty of their design. 'Each gun takes on a life of its own; here I find poetry meeting technology.'

Roses adopts a striking nobility inwhich Mocafico presents order, yet an elegant simplicity with his painstakingly arranged boquets photographed from above. Origionally inspired to create this body of work when he saw Renoir's Bouquet dans une Loge at Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, Mocafico describes it as simple, beautiful and organic, with a twist. 'This work has a dark edge - the roses are red and bloody, they conjour passion, mystery and verge on the scary.'

Combined, the two series Guns and Roses, raise interesting parallels; technology versus the natural, war versus love, fear versus pleasure - but in both, Mocafico examins mans intervention with nature.

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