I like painting these characters who are part of our everyday experience, but who often go unnoticed, anonymous to the world. Historically, only high society could afford to commissioning grand portraits of themselves and their loved ones. I find humour in subverting that by painting people and situations which are underrepresented. I like giving these characters a place in Art History.
Oli Epp
我喜歡繪畫日常生活中會遇到的人物,大家一般都不會特別留意到他們,他們在世上就彷若無名無姓,無甚重要。歷史上,一般只有上流社會方可支付高昂金額,委託藝術家為他們和他們的親朋好友繪畫大型肖像畫。透過顛覆慣例的手法,繪畫這些一般人甚少重視的普通人和事,我覺得相當幽默有趣。我喜歡在藝術史中為這些人留下屬於他們的位置。
奥利 · 埃普