Gallery: Beauty
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This gallery consists of a body of work which encompasses dancers, lovers, grooming, and all else that beauty entails; these were created between 1985 to 1997.In this theme, you see a big shift in Ian's work from the Sinister Men series to an overall softer tone and change in his palette. A good representation of the transition from the dramatic tone of the Sinister Men and bridging the gap between this is the painting entitled "The Visit" which fits in both categories. Other interesting comparisons in this shift is comparing 1985's Picture Book I (in Sinister Men) with 1987's Picture Book II (in Beauty) and 1985's Souvenir (in Sinister Men) with 1985's Man Holding Picture (in Beauty), in both cases different versions of the same subject matter, yet each with such a diverse outcome.