This powerful untitled drawing on paper by England's Malcolm Poynter speaks for itself.

Nic Treadwell represented Malcolm Poynter as one of the "Superhumanism" artists he published a book about. Excerpt here:

"In essence, Superhumanism is the first people`s art movement – a movement, first and foremost, inspired by life, as opposed to inspired by art. It is a movement of art by the people, for the people, and about the people. It is about tolerance and human understanding. Initially, a Superhumanist work will move you to feel – to laugh, to cry, to shudder, to be overwhelmed with compassion. They do not include any aesthetic gesture to distract from the vivid nature of the image. A Superhumanist work will take a down to earth subject, and use original technical means to exaggerate it, achieving an over-the-top impact of it`s humanist theme."

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"Malcolm Poynter was born 1946 in London. He studied at Goldsmiths College of Art, 1964-1967 and at the Royal College of Art, 1967-1973. He has been exhibiting at the Treadwell Gallery since 1974, including six one man exhibitions since 1976. The Gallery presented a one man show of his work at the 20th Basel Art Fair in 1988, and amongst numerous other international exhibitions, his work was shown at the Middleheim Sculpture Bienale in 1983.

International one man shows of Poynters sculpture were at The Laden Gallery, Berlin: The Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, Australia: Galerie Lucien Billinelli, Brussels: Galerie Claud Andre, Brussels: Galerie Mineta Move, Brussels. His work is in the permanent Collections of the British Arts Council: Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newport Museum, UK: the Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Holland: The National Gallery of Jamaica." - Courtesy of Nicholas #Treadwell Gallery, Vienna, Austria (Previously in U.K.)

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Poynter at Nick Treadwell Gallery