‘Hipster Psychosis’ (2021, mixed media on paper) I’ve long seen my works as successive chapters in a book I can never complete, because it is lived in. Thus ‘Hipster Psychosis’ is the latest ‘chapter’. I think what has motivated this drawing more than anything is the ‘post lockdown’ ‘back to normal’ culture, which feels likeContinue reading “Hipster Psychosis”
Author Archives: John B Ledger
Looking for The Exit (in solidarity)
New work published: ‘Looking for The Exit (in solidarity)’. . WARNING: WORK CONTAINS STRONG UNPLEASANT LANGUAGE AND UPSETTING REFERENCES. IN SOLIDARITY THO.Thanks
‘A Private Civil War’ (stories from the cult of self-belief)
‘A Private Civil War’ is my most recent work, and is a semi autobiographical monologue in relation to living in what I call a ‘cult of self-belief’. This work is more than anything about the crisis of knowing oneself in age that is perpetually telling us to be just that, our selves, but with attachedContinue reading “‘A Private Civil War’ (stories from the cult of self-belief)”
‘Compulsive Obedience’
New work:’Compulsive Obedience’ from my ‘stories from the cult of self-belief’ series. WARNING: It’s a potentially unpleasant and ‘triggering’ work. Just so you know, ok.
Census for Post-Covid Desire
>2021 CENSUS FOR POST-COVID DESIRE <- Excited about this new project with the artist-led collective ‘the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe’. I think all of our projects play around with the possibility of making a real-life impact, and also the possibility of finding a New common ground, amidst big societal divisions. PleaseContinue reading “Census for Post-Covid Desire”
‘Endure the Night of this World’
‘Endure the Night of this World’ (2021, mixed media on paper) ‘Endure the Night of this World’ (mixed media on paper, 2021). The first project I’ve really undertaken in 2021, apart from the overlapping ones from 2020, is carefully balanced on what could be seen as despair, but purposely pulls back from it – IContinue reading “‘Endure the Night of this World’”
‘After The Sugar Rush/Living Your Life’ – scenes from ‘Wall, i’ (2019)’
This was meant to be a Facebook post, so, now I’m no longer appealing to my imagined Facebook audience, but my imagined blog one, I apologise for the overtly ‘lol’ nature of this post. Maybe I should stop trying to appeal to everyone, but there again I am a condemned fool to the pursuit ofContinue reading “‘After The Sugar Rush/Living Your Life’ – scenes from ‘Wall, i’ (2019)’”
Inner Monologue: a 2020 review
A ever-so-slightly belated new video work. Contains upsetting language, and violent gestures.
One off map book print for art auction
I recently helped set up an art auction for a charity set up helping people rough sleeping, and generally in the most difficult of circumstances in my home town (Barnsley). I contacted Barnsley Rough Sleepers Project, and then, alongside over 20 artists, who are either based in Barnsley, or have strong connections with it, IContinue reading “One off map book print for art auction”
2020 in artwork
I think I’ve certainly run out of steam for this year now. So I wanted to reflect on the works I’ve made. I started 2020 a little burnt out from a year long film project I’d undertook during the completion of the my Masters. I thought it was brought so much to a point ofContinue reading “2020 in artwork”
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