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Nicolas Ruston Nicolas Ruston
Nicolas Ruston's latest body of work continues to synthesise the kinetic energy of abstract expressionism with the iconic representation of pop art, relentlessly pushing the boundaries of style, material and meaning. Armed with knives and surgical instruments, Ruston at once destroys and creates; signs are subverted, myths are shattered and replaced by equally contradictory narratives. Incongruous juxtapositions of image and text, ranging from the whimsically absurd to the outright sardonic, add a strong contextual component to this mature collection.