Date: June 11, 2020
DESCRIPTION
My studio has been a sanctuary during Covid-19 lockdown. A space to retreat to. A place to work things out. It seemed imperative to make a visual response to the fast unfolding of the pandemic and to document its repercussions and impact as I was experiencing it. I worked fast. Using materials that offered immediacy and directness. Large scale. Important to somehow ‘pin down this moment’. To represent. To bear witness. Each piece expanded to fill my studio wall: 5ft x 9ft. They have the feel of an epic Grecian frieze, telling the tale of a great historic narrative, as it happened. I envisage them displayed together in one space, filling the walls. Or in an outside space as big banners or hoardings or billboards. Impossible to ignore.
