Extending the traditions and stories of historic oil painting into the present, his paintings combine historic and contemporary images, placing them side by side to test how they clash or cohere. By pushing past and present into the same space, surprising connections emerge alongside the differences. James reinterprets historic and contemporary images to uncover fresh meaning in both.
Gold plated trainers
Sir Lamborghini
Revelations
Merrymakers’ karaoke night
Terrible teen
The party
The surprise
The selfie
Three gamers
Time