Artspeak

UNTITLED Bloomsbury Square, London, 5 September 2011

Although an early work, this piece spans a significant transitional period in the artist's oeuvre. The separateness of the objects within a vast field of uniformity reveals a  struggle with individuality and authenticity. Tension is further emphasized by the gesture to roll-down one of the pair representing the cultural dichotomy between youth and age. Whereas the political overtness of the piece- left vs right- is understood, one cannot readily distinguish whether movement is progressive or regressive. Furthermore, the artist has never conceded to the supposition that a subtext to this piece is the tenuous future of native cultures of the world due to deforestation,  over-urbanization, global corporate land seizures, and the misappropriation of cultural wealth by illegitimate governments for touristic schemes as a means of propping up their failing economies.