About
"Grounded in an exploration of existence, my work is the product of existentialist meanderings concerned with the relationship between people, possessions and value in our society, amongst the ever-present context of home-making and consumerism.
"The “death of god” has led to a compensatory measure of significance: not religion, as Nietzsche proclaimed, but materialism. An unhealthy obsession with possession resides in the majority of British residents; a logic conditioned by corporations' manipulation of our beliefs and values. Is home now a place primarily for the curation of mass-produced goods in an attempt to fulfill personal yearnings for Utopia? Buddhism teaches that desire is the cause of suffering; in craving Utopia (something that could never exist), an unnecessary cycle of greed and suffering is perpetuated, open for manipulation by marketing and peer pressure.
By employing devices such as taboo, art history, parody and domestic symbolism I aim to question our current ways of living, reminding the viewer of our shared humanity and proposing imagined solutions. The importance of experiences and engagement with the world over ownership and material goods is a strong influence on my practice."
