
'No Image Available', screen print, 2009
Marcus Irwin
Born: London (UK) Lives/Works: Brighton (UK)
Marcus Irwin's graphic screen and digital prints juxtapose street and popular imagery with chance phrases, caught in passing, combined to expose the incongruousness of context.
'I try to look for the parallels between the nuances of graffiti-codes, the illustrated image, commercial visual language and the traditions of art, since all of these fields belong to my creative background and my present-day interests. At this time my interest in the interplay between image and text takes shape, along with a desire to explore the rift between so-called high and low culture. Frequently motifs from movies, television, and advertising, among other sources from contemporary life feed into my work. It is my aim to use, confirm, deny and question these fields visually and conceptually in the quest to define my personal visual language.'
Contact: marcus@proofgallery.co.uk
Selected Exhibitions 2008/2009