Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, 2004, neon and transformer.
The idea of a drawing of an imperfect square was the starting point for this project and led to the production of a series of neons. The neons are direct translations from drawings or doodles on paper of failed squares, getting away from the utopic concept of a square to an imperfect reality of one. All the neons are titled after one of the movies from the Kitchen Sink drama of 1960's Brittan. All the neons are attached directly on the wall and they all occupy an area of about 0.9 square meters. Each is a unique shape and colour and is produced in an edition of 1 plus 1 AP.
The British New Wave, or "Free Cinema", describes a group of films made between 1959 and 1963 which portray a more gritty social realism. There is considerable overlap with the so-called "Angry Young Men", those artistes in British theatre and film such as playwright John Osborne and director Tony Richardson, who challenged the social status quo. This particular type of drama, centred around class and the nitty-gritty of day-to-day life, was also known as the Kitchen Sink drama.
A Taste of Honey, 2004, neon and transformer.
Billy Liar, 2004, neon and transformer.
Look Back in Anger, 2004, neon and transformer.
The L Shaped Room, 2004, neon and transformer.
A Kind of Loving, 2004, neon and transformer.