Category: Art
Viewing the world through his own unique kaleidoscopic lens, Mark Ward presents this brand new body of work, featuring a plethora of mascots, distorted creatures of pop and cheering parades of psychedelic coloured icons. These ideas are manifested across a variety of media including paintings, drawing, inflatable sculpture and lights, in a celebration of hazy memories and youthful optimism. You will find all of this installed across the ground floor exhibition space of DreamBagsJaguarShoes, creating a pop cultural melange in plastic Technicolour.
A child of the late 1980s, Mark was heavily influenced by the day-glo representations of exotic Americana that his TV beamed into his home in the South London suburbs. The images he saw contrasted the reality of his drab UK surroundings, and set his imagination loose. These elements created a wasteland of visual reference that, with the optimistic outlook of his childhood, Mark pieced together to create his own distorted Californian ideal. The path of adulthood has brought with it a mundane everyday reality. Where Mark is a stranger in his own clouded neon world -the sun-scorched Nirvana he aspired towards has dissolved away. However, his fascination with Americana has not left his conscious.
Mark has exhibited his artwork through Europe and America. Ward’s work comfortably straddles both the 2D and 3D worlds. The surreal pop icons are clear to be seen, as well as his passion for the texture and execution. Mark also works commercially across fashion, magazine covers, editorial and installations, delivering strong concepts and bold visuals to a range of clients. Projects include signature work for Stussy, Columbia Records and Nike.
Opening times: 12pm – 1am 7 days a week.
You are invited to the private view on 12th September 2013: 7pm till late