Then And Now

 Time Loses No Time II (The Letter Series 2010)

Mixed Media on Canvas 30x30cm

The featured painting is part of the “Then and Now” Exhibition at the One off Gallery. 

Then and Now exhibits a range of paintings which are a small representation from The East African Visual Arts Trust (EAVAT) Collection currently held in perpetuity for the people of Kenya.  None of these works are available to purchase but have been paired each with a recent work from the same artist which is for sale.  Many of the works from the Collection were collected between 2000 and 2010; of particular interest is the comparison between the older works and the recent works by each artist. 

In the "letter series", I explored the old art of letter writing as being rendered obsolete by technology. I incorporated stamps, photos, film negatives, and actual letters penned by my father to my mother. The intimacy of the dialogue in the letters obscured with paint and text derived from poems. The letters in their intimacy a revelation of two distinct individuals seen and not just from the maternal or paternal perspective. 

“Times loses no time” represents “Then” and hangs alongside “Resume Your Flesh an Form X”(featured below) which represents “Now”. While the paintings are distinctly different, their context on the ideas of transition and the continuum of life are a theme I’m constantly exploring.

Resume Your Flesh and Form X (2020)

150cm x 100cm

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