Lot 84

Work in very good condition, with no faults to report. Housed in a dark ornate frame with perspex, measuring to be 76 x 95 x 7cm


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Christian Martyrs of the Roman Colosseum, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, 23 November - 18 December 2010

Velvet, used throughout art history as a canvas upon which artists bring colour to the forefront of an image, the colours within Rice's Christian Martyrs of the Roman Colosseum recedes into the darkness of the material, beckoning you to look further.

Rice's works play with condradictions, creating works that draws upon the history of Kitsch painting, the stylistic qualities of figures and religious imagery reminiscent of Baroque paintings, and elements of the fantastical.

Rice is a trained painter, but also had a long history of working as a tattoo artist.