Francis McWhannell Writer and curator

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There’s nowt so queer as folk

A note on the paintings of Laura Williams

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On Instagram, Laura Williams goes by ‘takingthepastiche’. The moniker could hardly be more appropriate. Williams’ practice is grounded in pastiche, voraciously sampling art, design, and popular culture from different periods in time. A quick look a clutch of her paintings reveals a Hieronymus Bosch creature, a Frida Kahlo self-portrait, a Meissen-style figurine, a Richard Parker pot, a wartime We...

Francis McWhannell Writer and curator

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Francis McWhannell (b. 1985, Aotearoa New Zealand) is a writer and curator based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He is curator of the Fletcher Trust Collection, a major private collection of Aotearoa art founded in 1962.