A Tissue?
Ok so I tried this small drawing on a tissue used by a friend for cleaning up around the studio. Not wishing to endorse negative stereotypes about homelessness I felt I still had to deal with them and address them in some way. There are some perceptions out there about homeless people being dirty, disposable, society’s waste and the used tissue of course can be seen as representing all these things. Obvious maybe, but direct too. Could it be effective though? Started by gluing the thing down in my sketchbook, then drew a small portrait on it in pencil. It turned out as crappy as the tissue it was drawn on! Hated it, tore it away and………liked what was left. Worked over it again, this time with marker pen which somehow seemed in tune with both the destructive and constructive nature of my tearing. Having previously created on cardboard by tearing I was pleased that this translated to my used tissue. I believe the work has some potential and this work or similar works may be worth showing.
