Gommie U.K., b. 1985
KIDS, 2020
Buttercups, acrylic and ink on an ordinance survey map of rural Oxfordshire
89 x 99 cm
Artist and year on the front.
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'My piece was inspired by the Iching's hexagram 53. 'to develop gradually' after I asked it the question 'how do we as a global community get better?'. I also took...
"My piece was inspired by the Iching's hexagram 53. 'to develop gradually' after I asked it the question 'how do we as a global community get better?'. I also took inspiration from Duncan McMillans play Lungs, where a discussion takes place about morally bringing children into a broken world. The canvas is a map of my local countryside in Oxfordshire. I navigated the land while negotiating these ideas."