Living Artists Contemporary Art Auction
Lot 208:
It was sugar that took the British to the Caribbean, silk and spices that took them to India, as for Africa it was Gold, Ivory and a passion for a world so totally different from the one in Europe. Young British solders saw for the first time, almost naked women. A passion they undoubtedly wished to expression in an embrace was all to often shown in violence. The rape of Africa had begun while the young men of the British armed forces lost there innocence. Women didn’t have to wear big fluffy dresses, decorated in industrial made lace. They were far more appealing without the dresses. Their overloads at home, didn’t want interracial love, they wanted gold and ivory to fuel the City of London. It is relevant that, I am a single gay man from a working-class background. I suffer with OCD, anxiety, and depression. The relevance of this statement is that it is the lens through which I see the world. I don’t create what I see but what I feel about what I see Cradley Heath, West Midlands
Condition: Good, as in the images
Dimensions: 42 x 60 cm
Weight: 0.5 kg
Share this lot:
