Mike Mayhew (modern artist)
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Mike Mayhew (born 1980) is a Stuckist artist and painter based in New Zealand. He is one of the artists participating in the Triumph of Stuckism exhibition at the Liverpool John Moores University, England as part of the Liverpool Biennial, in October, 2006.
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Mayhew was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. His art looks to nature and to the local past for inspiration. His use of bright colours in his paintings not only expresses the strong light of New Zealand, but also the optimism he wishes to express in his art.
According to Mayhew, Postmodernism is an anti-art movement: its goals are to shock and stun the viewer, and it degrades the quality and status of art to a pile of junk. It throws away any concept of beauty, and in place promotes all the negative destructive side of our culture. Art, Mayhew believes, should awe and inspire the viewer, not create disgust. He says that art is a mirror of our culture but that it should reflect the best, not the worst.
