{"id":1819,"name":"","email":"kaat.vannieuwenhuyse@muhka.be","language_id":1,"permalink":"steven-shearer","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":47,"url_1":"","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1968-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"drawing painting collage photography","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Steven","lastname":"Shearer","annotation":"\u003cp\u003eHet heterogene maar tegelijk thematisch coherente werk van Steven Shearer was prominent aanwezig in de tentoonstelling \u0026ldquo;Intertidal: Vancouver Art \u0026amp; Artists\u0026rdquo;, die in 2005 in het M HKA plaatsvond. Inmiddels is deze kunstenaar uitgegroeid tot \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n van de meest prominente schilders van zijn generatie. Shearer ontleent de inspiratie voor zijn doeken veelal aan obscure globale subculturen zoals de Amerikaanse en Scandinavische metal-scenes.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Steven Shearer","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"Shearer, Steven","stream_count_app":39,"gender":"other","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/688/large/blank.png?1370422042","poster_credits":null,"media_count":1,"items_count":2,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Shearer \u003c/strong\u003edevelops an oeuvre of sculptures, photography, paintings and silk-screen prints, which are often shown together in the form of installations. His work puts high next to low culture in a theatrical manner.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eShearer\u0026#39;s work is characterised by a strong duality. On the one hand he portrays dark figures from the metal scene, on the other hand he uses a colourful, almost fauvist painting style. The formal dominance of androgynous, long-haired figures \u0026ndash; that look like Leif Garrett \u0026ndash; is striking. With this long-haired grunge-like types, Shearer refers to subcultures of his youth.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSteven Shearer also makes books, using thousands of images he has collected over the years. These images and photos he doesn\u0026#39;t only find on the Internet, but also in old magazines and second hand stores, and they often form the basis of his paintings and drawings.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Shearer\u003c/strong\u003e ontwikkelt een oeuvre van sculpturen, fotografie, schilderijen en zeefdrukken, die vaak samen worden getoond in de vorm van installaties. Zijn werk plaatst op theatrale wijze hoge naast lage cultuur.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHet oeuvre van Shearer wordt gekenmerkt door een sterke dualiteit. Enerzijds beeldt hij donkere figuren uit de metalscene uit, anderzijds maakt hij gebruik van een kleurrijke, haast fauvistische schilderstijl. Opvallend is de formele dominantie van androgyne, langharige figuren, gelijkend op Leif Garrett. Met deze langharige grunge-achtige types verwijst Shearer naar subculturen uit zijn jeugd.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSteven Shearer heeft ook verschillende boeken gemaakt met duizenden afbeeldingen die hij over de jaren verzamelde. Deze afbeeldingen en foto\u0026rsquo;s vindt hij niet alleen op het internet, maar ook in oude magazines en tweedehandszaken. Ze vormen vaak het uitgangspunt van zijn schilderijen en tekeningen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"","place":"New Westminster, British Columbia","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}}]}