Modern Love Pop Up Art Exhibition

Goldy (Paul Goldfinch)

A bit of old school glamour in the gallery.

As a part-time musician turned artist, Goldy approaches his art as if he were writing song lyrics for a musical album. In this analogy each individual track is created in support of the other tracks on the album, the combination of which results in a carefully choreographed vibe pulsing through the album. The same is true for this collection of Goldy’s carefully curated collages.

His art is bold, dynamic, and provocative. Its Pop Art, it’s all in the genre! And we love it for its distinctive, and humorous, exposé on modern life.

Goldy’s pop art is illuminative. It takes a poignant look at current society in a distinctly intriguing and unusual way. His focused use of colour, mixed media, and juxtaposing images, adeptly brought together in collages of seemingly disconnected elements and events, uniquely portray the crazy and often very disengaged world that can be, the 21st century.

Do not worry, Goldy is not trying to make any strong controversial political statement with his art. Rather he hopes observers will catch the irony, comedy, and theatre of each collage. If his art provokes the observer to ask what it makes them feel and think, then Goldy has fulfilled his creative objective. Ultimately, he likes his art to make the observer smile.

This collection Goldy created between 2019 and 2022. He lovingly refers to it as “Difficult Second Album” (an obvious link to his past local band playing days). The collection is a collaboration with his partner Jëssika and spotlights one of three different subjects, placing them in irregular surroundings. The fun really unfolds when you realise that the building/ construction elements he has used in each of the collages are local architectural structures, which we frequently ignore due to their mundaneness.

If, like the artist, you grew up in the local area, we look forward to seeing if you can spot where Goldy has included images that you will have often walked past without giving a sideways glance. Is that Oathall Community College, or is it Venice Beach, LA (darling!)? You be the judge. The palm trees might be swaying, but the artist was firmly rooted (or ‘locked down’) in Haywards Heath.

Whether Pop Art is your thing or not is irrelevant with this collection. We warmly invite you to come into the gallery and observe these works of art for yourself. Perhaps you will be transported out of your comfortable artistic appreciation place (yes, we think this is a thing!) and notice how colour and arrangement can give a completely unfamiliar perspective to otherwise unremarkable places, objects and situations.

Or you may want to take advice from Freddie Mercury who once said: Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.

We look forward to welcoming you into Artologie for a bit of lovely fun soon.