Emma Gibbons | Rather be in Ibiza Street Sign Painting Skull — Black is among

Skull — Black is among Theodore's most formally resolved works in the skull genre — a subject with a long history from Holbein to Hirst

The White Rose (Pink Mount) presents the same composition as the black mount version but with a colour context that transforms its meaning: the pink mount bringing warmth and a quality of unexpected softness to a subject defined by its hardness

The tension between the mount and the image is deliberate and precise

now based in South Africa

Emma Gibbons | Rather be in Ibiza Street Sign Painting Skull — Black is amongEmma Gibbons Rather Be In Ibiza Unique original mixed media Emma Gibbons' unique original works in mixed media represent the fullest expression of a practice that has always been interested in the gap between aspiration and reality the distance between where we are and where we would rather be. Rather Be In Ibiza names this gap with characteristic precision: the title is a bumper sticker, a social media post, a universal sentiment that Gibbons takes