Love Thy Neighbour

The absurdity of war and it's destructive forces. This was a response to a prayer heard at Truro Cathedral, the prayer asked for sanctuary for those suffering through the chaos of war in Aleppo, it asked for the perpetrators to love thy neighbour.

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Above you see two versions of the work, one in the studio and another on site at Truro Cathedral.

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This piece marked the beginning of my current body of work in which I began to explore the materiality of war, chaos and political disruption. I began to engage with imagery of conflict and the power of that on audience. The same imagery that conjured in my mind when I first heard that prayer began to manifest in my work. The words of the Chaplin on that day managed to transcend ethnic and faith boundaries in a way that made me think critically of what an art object or assemblage could do. This came at a time when identity politics was becoming overwhelming and divisive and I wondered how I could respond to that phenomenon through my art practice.