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ZOE YOUNG

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT?

In my upstairs studio I’m just putting the last marks on a series of paintings about a mythical, popsical beach paradise titled , which is being shipped to Chicago next week. It was created in Thailand where I was just doing a residency. It’s a pretty bonkers body of work – it couldn’t have been made anywhere else but Phuket! Downstairs, it’s all about still-life. The compositions are a collage of things I’ve collected over the years or stolen from my husband Reg’s garden – so theoretically these paintings start before I enter the studio. Often I scavenge things

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