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Adam Dix — Beyond Expectation
Adam Dix

Beyond Expectation

2015

Beyond Expectation presents a signature collision of the hyperreal and the surreal that defines Adam Dix's practice. Created in 2015, the work combines screen print with digital inkjet on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330 gsm paper, a pairing of traditional printmaking and contemporary output that suits Dix's preoccupation with mediated image and visual spectacle. The result is a surface of considerable density and precision, where saturated color and fine detail reward close looking while the composition as a whole retains an unsettling, cinematic distance. Dix draws consistently from the visual language of mid-century America, advertising culture, and the uncanny theater of everyday life, and Beyond Expectation channels these concerns with particular assurance. Figures and environments are rendered with a polished, almost promotional finish, yet something beneath that gleaming surface resists easy consumption. The title itself functions as a provocation, tilting the viewer's expectation toward a reading that hovers between aspiration and irony, between promise and the quiet unease that follows when promises are kept a little too perfectly. Produced in a tightly controlled edition of 25 and hand signed by the artist, this print carries the considered scarcity appropriate to Dix's reputation as one of the more intellectually engaged voices working in contemporary British printmaking. Currently available through Wilder Gallery, Beyond Expectation represents a sound acquisition for collectors drawn to works that operate at the intersection of pop sensibility and psychological complexity, offering lasting visual and conceptual return.

Medium
Screen Print with Digital Inkjet on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330 gsm
Sheet
Signed
Yes
Location
Wilder Gallery, London

For Sale — £390

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Adam Dix, Beyond Expectation, 2015

Beyond Expectation presents a signature collision of the hyperreal and the surreal that defines Adam Dix's practice. Created in 2015, the work combines screen print with digital inkjet on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330 gsm paper, a pairing of traditional printmaking and contemporary output that suits Dix's preoccupation with mediated image and visual spectacle. The result is a surface of considerable density and precision, where saturated color and fine detail reward close looking while the composition as a whole retains an unsettling, cinematic distance. Dix draws consistently from the visual language of mid-century America, advertising culture, and the uncanny theater of everyday life, and Beyond Expectation channels these concerns with particular assurance. Figures and environments are rendered with a polished, almost promotional finish, yet something beneath that gleaming surface resists easy consumption. The title itself functions as a provocation, tilting the viewer's expectation toward a reading that hovers between aspiration and irony, between promise and the quiet unease that follows when promises are kept a little too perfectly. Produced in a tightly controlled edition of 25 and hand signed by the artist, this print carries the considered scarcity appropriate to Dix's reputation as one of the more intellectually engaged voices working in contemporary British printmaking. Currently available through Wilder Gallery, Beyond Expectation represents a sound acquisition for collectors drawn to works that operate at the intersection of pop sensibility and psychological complexity, offering lasting visual and conceptual return.

Medium
Screen Print with Digital Inkjet on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330 gsm
Dimensions
sheet: 76 x 56 cm
Year
2015
Edition
of 25
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Wilder Gallery, London

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