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| All Images: Work In Progress: 'Childish Things', Salvaged Trundle Toys, May 2019 |
I'd really thought I might be done with these crippled toy sculptures last year, not least - because they're pretty labour intensive, and I'm still struggling to find storage room for the first lot. Plus, I genuinely hoped that the undeniably Brexity subtext behind much of the 'TSI' project might feel old hat by now.
But, since when has making art (particularly of this kind) been about doing the sensible or practical thing? And, as far as the second point goes, all I can say is "Fat Chance!" The fact that what may have started as a petulant act of national self-harming, now feels symptomatic of a much more sinister, and intensifying, far-right zeitgeist - makes it seem all the more vital to take some account of the whole sorry situation. Ultimately, externalising one's anxieties has to be healthier than internalising them - I think. Trust me, if this all, one day, seems like so much irrelevant paranoia - and to have thus been a complete waste of time, no one will be more pleased than me.
But, for now, as the weather gradually improves, and the day-lengths extend, I find myself once more, out in the back yard - with abrasive paper, dust mask, and cans of grey primer. You just can't tell some people...
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