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Not That Kind of Art - Nathan Wyburn

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This article first appeared in the Spring 2015 edition of our Cwtch magazine. Please click on the thumbnail above to read it as it appeared in the magazine.

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Not That Kind Of Art: The pop culture portraits of Nathan Wyburn

The now famous marmite on toast portrait of Simon CowellIt’s an exciting time for young Welsh artist Nathan Wyburn, 25, who shot into the public domain after reaching the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent with his ‘Marmite on toast’ portraits. Since then, his work has featured on the front page of The Guardian newspaper, received plaudits from journalists and celebrities alike, and now – a mere four years on from his UK debut – he’s achieved what for many takes a lifetime: his own book deal.

The achievement is testimony to Nathan’s work ethic and, while he’s still relatively new to ‘pop culture art’, he’s already managed to woo critics and been commissioned by several big UK brands. Nathan has created portraits of Cara Delevingne, Kate Moss and Twiggy – made out of cracker crumbs – for UK firm Jacobs.  They’re not alone in their adulation for his work however, as Nathan’s ‘real-time art’ videos have received over 10 million views on YouTube!

Not That Kind of Art: the Pop Culture portraits of Nathan Wyburn is a 20-page autobiography accompanied by 80+ images of Nathan’s best and most well-known artworks –  the ‘greatest hits’ of his work to date, if you like. If you’re a fan of Andy Warhol’s celebrity pop art, then this book is certainly worth a gander if only for the tongue-in-cheek portrayal of our generation of celebrity. We particularly enjoyed the late Margaret Thatcher in the medium of coal.

Portrait of Rugby player Gareth Thomas made with mud----

What the celebs say…

 “Absolutely amazing” – Stephen Fry

“Awesome!” –  Tom Daley

“A phenomenal artist!” – Perez Hilton

“Wow! What an honour!” – Cara Delevingne

Not that Kind of Art, autobiography of Nathan Wyburn

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Creative baking!

Nathan made a return to the judging panel for the Great Roath Bake Off 2015. “I try and judge the more creative side of the contest, and I’m looking forward to seeing some really ‘outside-the-box’ designs from this year’s bakers”, Nathan said.

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Not That Kind Of Art: the pop culture portraits of Nathan Wyburn, RRP £14.99, by publishers Candy Jar, will be available from amazon.co.uk in May of this year, and will be available to pre-order from candyjarbooks.co.uk.

17 June 2015

The information contained within this article was correct at the date of publishing and is not guaranteed to remain correct in the present day.

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