British artist Antony Micallef on his hybrid method of painting
Antony Micallef in his London home turned studio. Photograph by Maryam Eisler
British artist Antony Micallef’s practice blurs the boundaries between painting and sculpture. His textural artworks are the result of a unique method that combines oil paint and beeswax to create striking, three-dimensional forms. Before the national lockdown, LUX contributing editor Maryam Eisler visited and photographed the artist in his London studio
Maryam Eisler: What made you decide to turn your home into a studio"
Antony Micallef: I have always loved this flat, and I think you really have to love the place where you work. I feel it has a lot of warmth and personality. I was very lucky to eventually buy a new flat on the same road, and the original intention was to use that as a studio, but after some time, I realised that the light in the new space wasn’t as good as my old flat. Getting paint on the walls for the first time was a bit like wearing your best clothes and jumping in a puddle of mud so I had to get rid of that preciousness! It is quite an intimate private space, and that’s the beauty of it. I don?t have many visitors here. Follow LUX on Instagram:Â luxthemagazine
Maryam Eisler: As a newcomer to your studio, I sense a great deal of physicality in both the act of painting but also in its end delivery ? your works glide between painting and sculpture. They?re ?weighty? and solemn. And around the studio, there are lots of palette knives, and mountains of sta...
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