We are both proud and excited to host New Zealand artist, Debra Thompson who has brought "The Icons of the 60s" to life.

During the 1960s contemporary art was captured and presented by many artists including Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Roy Lichtenstein and Mark Rothko. In particular, their figurative renditionsrejected painterly idealism and high-art hierarchies in favour of everyday, commercial subject matter. Gone were the deft draughtsman-like ancient portraits that communicated refined technique or even the implicit drama and social commentary as presented in Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World, painted in 1948.
Instead of rendering the human form via traditional brushwork or academic proportions, these artists utilized screen-printing, stencils, and airbrushes to make art look identical to its source media. Figurative art from this era splashed the colour, the iconography of the times and frequently, subject matter that was best suited to the silver screen.
We are both proud and excited to host New Zealand artist, Debra Thompson who has brought these famous figures to life. In addition to celebration, these stunning contemporary compositions, superbly rendered in their own right, provide profound social and human commentary from the period of the 60s.