One of South Africa’s most prolific advertising directors has stepped out from behind the camera to craft a series of beguiling artworks, which are now being exhibited in Johannesburg.
Named after songs by the English rock band Pulp, there are two clearly different elements to the series with one part being made up of bright lines, shapes and colours, and the other a single piece of 16 skull portraits in various shades and emphases. The connection to the band Pulp was initially simply an experiment, but Cullinan explains, in the end, the music was an important element of the final products.
“I decided to paint every painting with only the band Pulp playing. A playlist of 70 tracks. Certain songs have big resonance with me and the paintings were named after these tracks. They spoke to the pieces in a way were they almost dictated the palette and rhythm of each piece.”