Preview: James Pyman 'Trespass'

At the heart of James Pyman’s artwork is an investigation of how identity is defined by circumstance, geography and popular culture. His primary medium is drawing, which he presents within both historical and contemporary frameworks, often in relation to comic strips, children’s illustration and other genre narrative forms. This compendium of childhood interests and adolescent pursuits is used as a vocabulary to communicate complex social ideas in the adult world. Personal influences are displaced from their initial source and set in other eras and locations. In this way the work connects autobiography with moments in contemporary society that have particular resonance for the artist.

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