ARTISTS / STUART BAILEY
Profile
For Stuart Bailey, a belief in alarmist labels (which have become ideologies in themselves) is equated with intoxication -- of being stoned by political influence. Dealing primarily with imagery and the metaphorical implications of the abyss/the boundless landscape and the signpost, Bailey reflects upon the ways in which the idea of 'future' is an unsteady terrain: a dystopia. Recent work employs images of Naturalists and symbolic references to nudists. This work depicts this group as mocked for their utopian ideals and perhaps even pitied for their vulnerability and naivety. In the same work Bailey uses various examples of camouflage as it relates to militarism -- camouflaged figures haunt a desert landscape, suggesting imminent doom. These works pit almost equal opposite examples of 'blind faith' against each other, in order to hint at the misplaced bravado required for pursuing optimism.
Amita Kirpalani
Exhibitions
Gulf (29.07.2010 to 21.08.2010)
Works
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Gulf, 2010
galvanised iron, underwear, stick, cable ties, air freshener
dimensions variable
Untitled and Filthy Dreamers I and II, 2010
relief print and copy transfer on paper