Subversive Correspondence

August will be a busy month for me and my White Noise Series.

Stand and Deliver will be included in the Subversive Correspondence Exhibition curated by Diana Ali at The Gallery at Willesden Green, 95 High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2SF.

Wednesday 19th August- Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Private View 18th August 6-9pm

Concept

The interpretations encounter political statements or disperse cultural observations; correspondence that is not immediate but perhaps depends on the contingencies of travel. Subversive systems of posting and collecting dialogue create the emergence of new narratives that are shared and reacted upon through hybrid texts, images and temporary ownership. Show cased as a touring exhibition at Broadwalk Arts, Bristol then at The Willesden Gallery, London, the works continue to explore language, visual interchange and systematic dialogues.

Up Next 'DIY LONDON SEEN' in Covent Garden

My next exhibition will be with the group Watch This Space

DIY LONDON SEEN - The exhibition will complement the UK release of Aaron Rose's 'Beautiful Losers' and featuring work of young, fresh London-based Artists working with a similar spirit and ethic. The film, Beautiful Loosers, primers at the ICA on 6th August 2009 and runs til 24th August 2009.

The exhibition opens on the 17th August 2009 and will run until the 5th of September 2009 in Unit 11, The Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2 8RF

Brown added to my Super Villain Series

I've just completed my portrait of Gordon Brown for NewBloodArt

Once again as with all the characters in this series it's been a fascinating experience. Portrait painting forces you to spend so much time with the subject, in this case an interpretation of the subjects public face and speculative nod to the private face. Brown's face, as if carved in stone, led me to choose cool blues and reds, painting in quite broad angular patches.

While painting him I found myself thinking 'he's got a good face for a leader, strong, iconic, so what has gone wrong? (apart from the credit crisis)'. Then I remembered the public smile, which unfortunately looks so forced and his uncomfortable way of addressing the nation which does little to instill confidence despite the deep resonance of his voice. I wonder if things would have been different if he had come to power after someone other than Tony Blair? Blair exuded confidence and charisma in his time, cutting a popular figure who was up with the times. My painting portrays a Gordon Brown who is looking past the viewer off into the distance perhaps asking that very question, with the shadow of a contemplative smirk wiping it's way across his lips.