THE ARTWORK
In Stuart Semple’s Allergen, a brightly coloured drawn figure stands beside images of people, words and small marks. Blue bands and pink, yellow and black accents organise a surface recalling different languages, from graphic page to free drawing.
The 2005 mixed-media work connects materials and visual registers without making them uniform. Writing introduces a direct reading, while images complicate its tone and possible associations. The eye can follow an isolated element or cross the overall montage, recognising a continuous tension between immediacy, play and unease.
The 2005 mixed-media work connects materials and visual registers without making them uniform. Writing introduces a direct reading, while images complicate its tone and possible associations. The eye can follow an isolated element or cross the overall montage, recognising a continuous tension between immediacy, play and unease.