Steve Rosendale 'Hong Kong' still life with both artists eschewing the

with both artists eschewing the dominant mode of abstraction in favour of lyrical

At once intimate and universal

this work is the poetry of the everyday

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Alun Leach Jones

Steve Rosendale 'Hong Kong' still life with both artists eschewing theSteve Rosendales Hong Kong is an image of the contemporary sublime. The vastness of the mega mall, digital infinity and sprawling mega cities all invoke the over powering, arresting character of the sublime. Here it takes form in Hong Kong, a heaving nexus of lights, cars and people. There is more going on that can be easily synthesized. Rosendales work draws upon the collective memories of popular culture. He sets up enthralling mise en scenes,