Ian Smith: So You Want It In Black & White

For an artist black & white are colours, as far as I’m concerned; and come from the paint box in as many variations as skin colours on the human race – where the two words are used to socially classify with brutal, generalized simplicity.

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Image: Ian Smith, Tropical Colour – Rainy Day Cairns 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 102 cm