Although artist Mark Henson was unable to attend the show, his work spoke for itself. I enjoy narrative work, and in this case was both enthralled by the poiniancy and detail of the imagery, and frightened by the intensity of the themes represented. Mark's paintings expressed some of the deepest fears and problems of modern culture in an intense muralistic style.
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In “March of progress” the fearsome machine of human progress, ringed by nuclear destruction, drives the natural world before it like a giant vibrating biomechanical bulldozer. Animals stampede away from the advancing menace, but their consumption seems inevitable. Though undeniably and wildly destructive, it is also compelling like a pink iced birthday cake or a fairy castle. |
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