Liver & Lights No 43. The People.
Each of us in our own lives builds into our memory a continually evolving community of friends, colleagues, lovers, wives, enemies and acquaintances. Some of these we knew too well, some we only just remember, some change our lives and some pass through leaving barely a trace. A disparate community united by just one thing; they all know who we are.
With these thoughts in mind I recently embarked on a mammoth project: To make a work that somehow connected all the people who have shared my life – I would create portraits of everyone I’ve ever known …..All my people together! The list is long and I’m busy working through it! To qualify a person must have done something worthy of anecdote because for each I’m creating a biographical poem too…
So far, I have painted nearly one hundred of them on 15 x 10 inch wood panels scavenged from south London skips. Also, Inspired by some pre-war cigarette cards I saw in a Rochester junk shop, these I have printed as a set of collectable biographic cards to become ….
Liver & Lights No 43; The People comes in a smart green lidded box, in an edition of only 100 copies containing 70 cards. Each set costs £40.00 and will be launched during an exhibition of the first 100 paintings at
Le Garage Gallery, 115 Dulwich Rd, Herne Hill, London SE24.
6th to the 20th of May 2011
Opening Book launch and Private View Friday 6th May 7-9pm
Wild Closing Party with Live performance by Bones & The Aft and Special Guests
Friday 20th May 2011 at 6- 9pm
Opening times Tuesday –Sat 11- 5 pm
