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By Jonny Kemp
Unique
Proscribed is a series of A4 drawings in black fine-liner pen, depicting individuals involved in pro-Palestine activism being carried away by police. The surrounding crowds, police and other context have been removed, leaving each individual isolated. The distortion of their bodies, caused by being physically carried, remains visible, creating images that sit between documentation and abstraction. We are left with only the trace of an event which we can no longer fully see. The starkness and permanence of black pen on white paper reinforces this sense of isolation. Marks made in pen cannot be easily erased. They are detailed yet have a graphic quality, giving a sense of uncanniness. The title refers to the proscription of Palestine Action and considers what happens to the individual when association with a group becomes the defining context through which they are witnessed.
By Jonny Kemp
Unique
Proscribed is a series of A4 drawings in black fine-liner pen, depicting individuals involved in pro-Palestine activism being carried away by police. The surrounding crowds, police and other context have been removed, leaving each individual isolated. The distortion of their bodies, caused by being physically carried, remains visible, creating images that sit between documentation and abstraction. We are left with only the trace of an event which we can no longer fully see. The starkness and permanence of black pen on white paper reinforces this sense of isolation. Marks made in pen cannot be easily erased. They are detailed yet have a graphic quality, giving a sense of uncanniness. The title refers to the proscription of Palestine Action and considers what happens to the individual when association with a group becomes the defining context through which they are witnessed.