"The simulacrum is never what hides the truth - it is truth that hides the fact that there is none. The simulacrum is true". Jean Baudrillard
In a post truth world , these words from Baudrillard never seemed more relevant.
Events like the Gulf Wars and the Romanian revolution, Brexit and the Trump reelection, blurred the lines of reality, appearing both real and unreal.
Unfolding on our screens, detached from genuine experience, recent history narratives serve the interests of the powerful, the ruling classes, and capitalists.
When everything is a simulacrum, what society are we portraying?
I observe the abandoned and forgotten spaces in our cities. It is only in these margins that we can catch glimpses of the cruel, absurd, and oppressive reality we inhabit.
EXHIBITION photo
2024
Moving stories, Back to Backs, Birmingham group show
2021
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, group exhibition
2020
Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery, group exhibition
2019
Flat 8 Gallery, Birmingham Solo exhibition
Artefact Cafe, Stirchley, Birmingham Group Show
2018
Scope Art Fair, Miami, group show
2016
Scope Art Fair, Paris, group photo show
Dietmar and Noble, London , group show
The Works Gallery, Birmingham, group show