Urban Epic

The 'Urban Epic' series relates to a period of time in London (the early 1990s) when there was much discussion and worry within the Media about violence in urban life. Radio and television programmes featured social and political analysts, politicians, et al., who premised their arguments for the securitisation of the public space on the assumption that the urban environment was unbearably violent. This of course did not address the issues of terrorism or street violence as political problems, nor did it illuminate our understanding of urban living. Intrigued by the tension between these assumptions and one's daily experience of the city as an amicable place, I set out to 'picture' this false imaginary, to portray the projection of this fictive world used to justify increased security measures within our city scape.

Oil on Canvas
Various dimensions
1994-1996