26.09. - 26.10.2018
Éditions Même pas mal, Marseille, France
"Shell Shocked"
(2018), is a self-published book containing a series of ink on paper portrait
drawings, in progress since 2016. “Shell Shocked” is the follow-up to “Making
Space”, a series of drawings based on landscape long-shots, showing explosions,
in news media. Shell shock is a term coined in World War I to loosely describe
what is referred to as posttraumatic stress disorder (PSD) today. The
mechanisation of artistic expression and the consequences of the ideals of
Futurism are some further themes reflected on during the making of “Shell
Shocked”. Drawings and screen-prints from this series were exhibited.
To lighten the atmosphere, drawings and prints in the style of the gags
regularly posted on instagram.com/sirloin.burger, were also on display.
The exhibition was during a
turbulent month in Marseille. I ended up moving my work-table into the
exhibition, making it a work in progress situation and producing another body
of work.
VIEW THE SHELL SHOCKED BOOK
