A Trilogy Of Exhibitions.
The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow.
July 2018, January 2019 & August 2019.
Stu-Manity & The Great Mortality, July 2018.
Barber-surgeon/plague doctor sculpture, plague doctor playing chess with death (reference to Bergman's 'Seventh Seal' which was set during the Black Death (1348-51) making the drawing anachronistic due to the plague doctor not appearing until the 17th century), Pulcinella, and plague doctor & plague-carrier (referencing Murnau's 'Nosferatu', which itself translates as 'plague-carrier'.)
Stu-Manity & The Social, Cultural And Economic Shifts Of The Medieval Period (Before, During & After 1348 - 1665), January 2019.
Large scale drawings depicting aspects of themes such as: body-snatching, burial rituals, the Flagellants, as well as bubonic, pneumonic & septicemic plague victims. Various books that have influenced the work in some way are scattered across the floor, with research notebooks and sketchbooks to the right on the table.
Turning The World Upside Down With Stu-Manity & History From Below, August 2019.
Large scale drawings in the background depicting (left) the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (Wat Tyler and his followers meeting a young King Richard II) and (right) the makeshift platforms for sufferers of the dancing plague of 1518. Both works were in progress at that point. The table and chair represents a Captain's table with a scroll of a plan of a ship referring to Michel Foucault's concept of 'heterotopia'.