Colby Carroll
Penrith Anglican College
THIS IS THE DEAD LAND
Collection of Work
Found objects, charcoal, photography, paint
This is the Dead Land is my response to the horrors of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. Inspired by my observations of our ignorance and negligence of the real human suffering that is the consequence of war, my body of work represents the extent of the damage that war inflicts on the body, on the psyche, and on the environment. My intention in combining the familiarity of found objects with the expressiveness of abstract painting was for the audience to have a deep, visceral and emotional response. There is one constant of conflict: war is hell.
My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Anselm Kiefer; Francis Bacon; Robert Klippel; Gerhard Richter; TS Eliot, The Hollow Men [poem].
Marker's Commentary
REPLACE ME