Michael Peck 'INK DRAWING # 23' iconic art Beneath mass media

Beneath mass media

'Wren' 2006

Throughout art history Venus has dominated

Mixed media on paper

spiky green and black shrubs pop around a red dot

Michael Peck 'INK DRAWING # 23' iconic art Beneath mass mediaAustralian contemporary artist Michael Pecks visual world is bracingly intimate. He places figures, landscapes and still lifes in total stillness, conjuring a sense of mystery, remoteness and unease that speaks to the conditions of a postmodern world. Beneath mass media, the individual grows atomised and detached from their culture a lone subject in a wintery landscape. This work is an original watercolour. It is masterful in its form, depicting the