The Circus of The Oppressed.

Series

Tantalising Token

2023
Synthetic polymer paint on plywood
approx. 2000mm x 3000mm

Image description: A giant painted jigsaw puzzle that imitates a vintage styled colourful circus poster. A red border is filled with diversity tick boxes. It reads at top,  “THE PROGRESSIVE ARTS INSTITUTIONS SELECTS THE CIRCUS OF THE OPPRESSED’S TANTALISING TOKEN. Two circles read ‘THE ONE AND ONLY’ and ‘ONE TIME ONLY’. A darkly melanated femme in circus costume wrestles a large snake as she crowd surfs on a sea of pink arms wearing white preparator gloves. The text below reads : “AN EXEMPLARY EMISSARY UPLIFTED FROM A MARGINAL AND MYSTERIOUS CULTURAL CLOISTER DEFIES OPPRESSIVE GRAVITY TO RISE INTO THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPOTLIGHT AND HONOUR THIS LIVELY MOMENT FOR THEIR MINORITY MOVEMENT. UNLIKE ANY OTHER ACT IN THIS ASSEMBLAGE, THE ARCHETYPAL AGENT DEFEATS A SOLITARY SERPENT OF SYSTEMIC STRUGGLE WITHOUT PERCEPTIBLE FATIGUE OR CHAGRIN. WITNESS THEIR LIMBER APPRECIATION OF THE EVANESCENT ALLEVIATION OF ALL INEQUALITY ACHIEVED VIA THE MAGNANIMOUS AND MUNIFICENT INCLUSIVITY OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE!”