Eyes Down, Kid in A Sweet Shop

2018

Acrylic, oils and mixed media on canvas

500 x 500 mm

A corner of an industrial building watched over by surveillance cameras. The title, Eyes Down, plays with the language of gambling and surveillance — a suggestion of being watched while simultaneously being absorbed into the systems we participate in.

Within Kid in a Sweet Shop, the painting becomes part of a wider exploration of capitalism: who controls the systems we work within, how they shape our behaviour, and how willingly we play the game.