NEW WORK – REMAINING WORK TO COME

Unfortunately because of my current circumstances the first and possibly the last three works for the foreseeable future to be completed for the ‘Titled’ series can be seen below…

‘Titled’ was planned to be an exploration of how the individual is perceived through a kind of national narrative here in Poland and how, very much like in most ‘xenophobic’ states, this denies the notion of the individual and or uniqueness…

‘Liberty’, as seen through western eyes, continues to be little more than a pipe dream for the average citizen in Poland, but more especially for those who ‘practice’ anything which is seen as abnormal by the church, state and family alike (see previous blog regarding the case of Dorota Nieznalska), for woe betide those who happen to be gay, wayward, poor or women!

Initially drawing on stereotypical poses, catholic kitsch, far-right solutions and the ghosts of communism, the work hopefully grows to reveal an underlying tenderness, humour and cynicism which is found within the soul of the individual but ‘contained’ by the majority.

Titled . Acrylic on Canvas . 100X120 cm . 2008

Titled . Acrylic on Canvas . 100X120 cm . 2008

Titled . Acrylic on Canvas . 100X120 . 2008