Trevor Burgess
On a Ride, 2022
Oil on board
58 x 60cm
signed and dated
CF0749
Photo: Trevor Burgess
This painting is of a fairground funride lit up at night. The riders swoosh through the air screaming with an intoxicating mix of joy and fear. The air is flooded...
This painting is of a fairground funride lit up at night. The riders swoosh through the air screaming with an intoxicating mix of joy and fear. The air is flooded with violet and green artificial light. A crowd of dark shadows gazes at the spectacle.
At the centre of the machine is a giant monster, blithely spinning the people around. Who is the monster? A populist politician? A programmer of algorithms on social media? A large capitalist corporation? The answer is left up to the viewer.
At the centre of the machine is a giant monster, blithely spinning the people around. Who is the monster? A populist politician? A programmer of algorithms on social media? A large capitalist corporation? The answer is left up to the viewer.
Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
London Art Fair 2023