BOOM!
Published on:
-
HUGELY POPULAR SOLO EXHIBITION ‘BOOM!’ HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED ITS SECOND LEG AT JEALOUS NORTH THIS JUNE!
PAUL DAVIS’ WHIMSICAL ORIGINAL VOLCANO WORKS MERGE ELEMENTS OF POWER AND COMEDY, PRODUCING A MUST-SEE EXHIBITION. DAVIS’ PAINTINGS DEPICT THE POWER OF NATURE AND EXPLORE THEMES OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE, HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF EARTH.
VOLCANOES ARE MIND-BLOWING AND SOMETIMES SO ARE WE. HUMANS ARE ASTONISHINGLY ADEPT AT INVENTION AND DESTRUCTION. STARTING ABOUT 3.8 BILLION YEARS AGO, EXPERTS SAY VOLCANOES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST 80% OF THE LAND AND FOR UNLOCKING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE WATER HELD IN THE ROCK ON OUR 4.6 BILLION-YEAR-OLD PLANET. ATMOSPHERE, WEATHER SYSTEMS, OCEANS AND EVENTUALLY ORGANISMS EXIST DUE TO THIS PROCESS. WITHOUT THESE NOURISHING, MOUNTAINOUS TAPS, LIFE—INCLUDING US—WOULDN’T EXIST.
PAUL DAVIS, 2021.
CREATED IN RESPONSE TO NATURE’S MOST EXPLOSIVE POWER AS A CATALYST FOR LIFE ITSELF, ‘BOOM!’ IS AN UNMISSABLE EXHIBITION. EACH PIECE USES PAINT, CRAYON, INK AND PENCIL TO EXPLORE THE EXTENT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
THE VOLCANOES EXCLAIM AND SHOUT MESSAGES FROM THEIR EMBERS, REFLECTING ON OUR JOYS, TRIUMPHS, FAILURES AND CONCERNS. EACH PIECE USES MULTI-MEDIA ELEMENTS WHICH EXPLORE THE COMPLEXITIES OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS, LAND FORMATION AND VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
Shop the artwork
Paul
Davis
Qualifier
Paul
Davis
200,000 Years
Paul
Davis
An Attempt
Paul
Davis
Back of The Net
Paul
Davis
Blue Femur
Paul
Davis
Brainfuck Hysterics
Paul
Davis
But...
Paul
Davis
Cobalt
Paul Davis
Uk Based Artist
Paul Davis is an acclaimed illustrator and artist. As an illustrator, Paul has produced work for a number of high profile clients for editorial, design and advertising. As an artist, he uses his unique perspective to capture his observations of daily life, often highlighting the way that people interact with one another and turning a critical eye to areas of modern life that many of us take for granted. He says “My work is a response to the last 13.7 billion years.” His work has featured in The New Yorker, Elephant Magazine, Art Review, Vogue, The Guardian, Creative Review, Time Out, Print, Art+Auction, Dazed & Confused, I.D., Arena, Blueprint, Eye Magazine amongst others. Selected exhibitions: The Wapping Project, London; Gallery 46, London; Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo; Museet Moderna, Stockholm; Soho House Group and Jealous Gallery, London.
