Boarding

I’ve often been aware of the feeling of loneliness whilst being amongst many people, a sense of isolation, alienation and disconnect.  In this body of work, I’ve used this observation as a visual and conceptual trigger.

People in public or transit spaces can be packed shoulder to shoulder, but there is no communication and minimal eye contact. Everyone, in that moment, is waiting; while they occupy this liminal space, they are removed, engrossed in their own thoughts and problems.

The urban individual’s yearning for presence and the seeming impossibility of attaining it is a symptom of contemporary society, which I have visually explored through painterly tension. While the architectural details are photographically real and static, the movement or presence of people within these spaces has been shifted into a more painterly and ephemeral register.

The works aims to give the viewer a look into my personal experience of alienation and to open up the possibility for a deeper personal exchange between me and the viewer and the work.