The Circus of The Oppressed.

Series

Palatable P. O. C.

2025
Pigment ink marker and synthetic polymer paint on cotton paper
76 × 112cm / 30 × 44 in

Image description: A work on paper imitating a vintage styled colourful circus poster. A red border is filled with diversity tick boxes. Text at top reads “THE PROGRESSIVE ARTS INSTITUTION DIGESTS THE CIRCUS OF THE OPPRESSED PALATABLE P. O. C.”  A decorative oval frame reads “THE RADICAL ALLUSION DISPELLING REVOLUTION”. A light skin, racially ambiguous person of colour in a circus outfit balances upon one leg on a tightrope, but the tightrope is just a line on the floor being painted by a pink arm wearing a white preparator glove. Text underneath reads: “THE MOST PLEASANT PERFORMER POISES ALOFT THEIR ETHNOLOGICAL ORIGINS/ MARVELLOUSLY EDUCATED & TRAINED IN CIVILITY WITH AN ALLURING BODY IMPERIOUSLY PROXIMATE TO INFALLIBLE FAIRNESS & OTHER CONVENTIONS OF LAUDABLE ATTRACTION, THE ELEVATED ARTISTE UNACRIMONIOUSLY ABRIDGES DYNAMIC CULTURAL MOVEMENTS INTO DIVERTING & AMENABLE GESTURES FOR YOUR DELECTABLE DISTRACTION. FEARLESSLY WITNESS A GRAND ILLUSION OF PIONEERING PERIL EFFORTLESSLY ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT PERCEIVABLE IMBALANCE TO THE STATUS QUO.”