A Study of Matisse's Still Life with Pomegranates, 1947. 2024
From Ashley Michael Briggs's 'Studies Series'

Acrylic (professional grade, archival) on Canvas (100% cotton, stretched)
80cm x 60cm

A new work painting in November 2024. Stockholm.

Original:
Henri Matisse. Still Life with Pomegranates (Nature morte aux grenades), 1947.
Oil on canvas
80.5cm x 60cm
Musée Matisse, Nice.

Framing available. Please contact for advice.
Suggested frame 1: Canvas float-frame, solid ayo hardwood in hand painted in matte white. Supplied framed with hanging hardware. +1,250Kr.
Suggested frame 2: Canvas float-frame, solid oak. Supplied framed with hanging hardware. +1,450Kr.

Note on photographs: Please see the photograph in natural daylight for exact colour reference (painting leaning against brick wall).

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ABOUT THE STUDIES SERIES
Ash has a particular, cyclical curiosity that manifests as 'studies' of existing major art works. The process isn't about precision or forgery, rather it concerns an unearthing of knowledge tied up within a canvas together with the creation of a continuation of a work's energy. The focus is on the aura of a work, or the emotional capacity, life or zeal.

Ash sometimes departs from the original midway through a Study. Other times he persists with notions of accuracy.

"The Study is a variant of the original. Just as the original changes its appearance to who is looking at it, what light is falling upon it, what other work happens to be curated near, what other human actions are going on in the vicinity or any larger context. And with even greater dispersion of the notion of variation, any printed or screen based versions will offer a growing myriad of different appearances and qualities. Hence I believe that no version of a work is ever really the same, even the original." - Ash

Previous Studies include paintings by Henri Matisse, Patrick Heron, Kazimir Malevich, Mikhail Vrubel and Vilhelm Hammershøi.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ash is an ideas-based creative working across film, cinematography, artistic-research and the arts. His short film's and have been shown at many leading international film festivals including Telluride Film Festival and New Directors New Films at MOMA whilst his cinematographic collaborations have also screened internationally including at SXSW and Tate Britain. Ash holds a MA in Film and Performance (SKH Sweden), a Graphic Design BA (UWE, UK) and a Diploma in Fine Art (Winchester School of Art, UK).