Angela Lizon Honey Bunny, 2024

Angela Lizon received an BA in Fine Art at Bristol Polytechnic, alongside a postgraduate scholarship at Krakow Academy of Fine Art, Poland. Elected Academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2018, her paintings are influenced by her cultural heritage, a blend of cockney humour alongside Polish folklore and exotica. 

I am interested in kitsch and ideas of cultural status using cheap ornaments and re-positioning these items within the context of Fine Art. The ornaments are bought from charity shops and carboot sales, never for more than a couple of pounds. I search for the pathos or sentimentality within an ornament, finding intrinsic value and worth within discarded and unvalued objects, plus something a little off-key. The ornaments have their own mystery and narrative. Who made it and for whom? Did the creator believe in its artistic value? Who originally bought it? Who threw it out to be finally valued for so little? A history of taste is contained within these little ornaments.