Louder Than Words.
‘Louder Than Words’, was presented at Unit 2 Gallery, London Metropolitan University. 18 November- 16 December 2006.
Louder than Words brings together compelling paintings and drawings which consider how we form opinions about people based solely on their appearance. Some of these works specifically explore the motives behind, and the impact of police ‘stop and search’, highlighting and questioning the consequences and repercussions for individuals, including her son, who are often judged by the way they look.
A number of pieces in the series are enlarged digital scans of police dockets issued to her son following’ stop and search’ occurrences. Over each scan, drawing or painting depicting areas in around Birmingham. These seemingly spaces in the city are in fact places where her son has been subjected to police scrutiny. The work gives voice to personal experience and frustration while interrogating, on a broader level, the deeper societal implications these decisions and judgements might induce or represent
Photography by Gary Kirkham
Brighter Future,I
Brighter Future
Kinsdale
2006, charcoal on digital image, 84 x 104 cm
My Song
Polite Violence I
2006, oil on digital image 81 x 106 cm
Polite Violence II
2006, oil on digital image, 81 x 106 cm
Polite Violence III
2006, oil on digital image, 81 x 106 cm
Screen I
Screen II
Sol
2007, charcoal on paper, 81 x 106cm
Untitled
2006, digital mixed media print, 81 x 106cm
Time
2009, mixed media on paper, 40 x 55cm
Untitled
2006, mixed media on digital image, 81 x 106cm
Series – … I can paint a picture with a pin
Soho Hill
Diptych,2006, charcoal on digital image, 84 x 104
Homegrown
(2006) pen on digital image 106 x 81 cm