Dec 2012
The displays
Half-a-commode....
salvaged from
construction-site debris, in an enclosure;
Corrugated tin...
inverted containers,
shop-floor seats, hollow from the inside;
Squashed up...
aluminium coke-cans
and bottle-lids, stashed by the dozens;
Rusting old pair...
of dented batteries -
A-class, from discarded torch lights;
Mounted rectangle...
sketch-canvas
half-a-diagonal triangle coloured black;
Foreground*
Expanse of water...
mirage lit by
a deceptive lamp playing evening sun.
Half-a-commode....
salvaged from
construction-site debris, in an enclosure;
Corrugated tin...
inverted containers,
shop-floor seats, hollow from the inside;
Squashed up...
aluminium coke-cans
and bottle-lids, stashed by the dozens;
Rusting old pair...
of dented batteries -
A-class, from discarded torch lights;
Mounted rectangle...
sketch-canvas
half-a-diagonal triangle coloured black;
Foreground*
Expanse of water...
mirage lit by
a deceptive lamp playing evening sun.
Picture poem:
Inspired by a visit years ago, to London's beautiful 'Tate Modern' art gallery featuring urban kitsch art: I was reflecting on the year past and my thoughts veered to the increasingly difficult future we confront and how this is reflected in incidents of increasing madness across the world, with our backs braced at an environmental cliff.
I've sought to capture the melancholy moods of objects displayed, raising a contemplative sweep of our post-industrial world and the futures we confront, captured by the images of the seemingly crazy display of a half-painted rectangle passing off as art* and the eerie image of an artificial sun!
*'Higher Powers Command: Paint the Upper Right Corner Black!' by Sigmar Polke
Inspired by a visit years ago, to London's beautiful 'Tate Modern' art gallery featuring urban kitsch art: I was reflecting on the year past and my thoughts veered to the increasingly difficult future we confront and how this is reflected in incidents of increasing madness across the world, with our backs braced at an environmental cliff.
I've sought to capture the melancholy moods of objects displayed, raising a contemplative sweep of our post-industrial world and the futures we confront, captured by the images of the seemingly crazy display of a half-painted rectangle passing off as art* and the eerie image of an artificial sun!
*'Higher Powers Command: Paint the Upper Right Corner Black!' by Sigmar Polke
(Quantum Dot)
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