Anthony Micallef

Anthony Micallef 

Anthony Micallef - (link to website) is one of my favourite artists. His work is based on our relationship with consumerism and how it effects us and social society. He creates his pieces using paint working often with bright, childlike colours, although they are exposing the darker side of consumerism and how it's effecting society. His work exposes how we are branding ourselves with these companies and letting ourselves be seduced by these big multi national companies.  

I find this artist has a real honest message in his works because he is exposing how we've become ruled by brands and letting them define who we are as people and a society. we are losing our individuality to these companies and letting the media control how we should dress, eat and think by reading magazines and watching t.v that are telling you what's in to wear and what's not. The media has a very heavy and almost unavoidable influence that effects how we want to look to how we should look according to the media. He explores these ideas and creates some really beautiful paintings with very dark messages behind them.