Looking for Truth, is an installation I have made as part of the joint solo exhibition ‘Truth and Tribute’ with friend/artist Bradley Sharp. This is a display of some of the drawings that are featured in the book that comes out of the wall installation.
Author Archives: John B Ledger
Truth and Tribute – exhibition photos
TRUTH AND TRIBUTE – CURRENTLY STILL SHOWING AT HIVE GALLERY, ELSECAR HERITAGE CENTRE, BARNSLEY. 19TH NOVEMBER TO 13TH DECEMBER. OPEN 12-4PM THURSDAY TO SUNDAY Works by John Ledger – the exhibition’s ‘man made’ representative. Wall inspired work. (10 years since construction of own perpetual walls, 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall, 30 years sinceContinue reading “Truth and Tribute – exhibition photos”
Solitary trip to the capital
On the London underground… How can anyone be fully conscious and aware? in a city the size of London?; one moves so fast that it is virtually impossible to do so. There’s no long gaps between the trams, no places devoid of advertisements or ‘people a plenty’ (both of which require one to compare his/herContinue reading “Solitary trip to the capital”
“The Show Must Go on!”
“The Show Must Go On!”, 120X80cm, biro on paper “We must get capitalism back on track! The show must go on!” Who is saying this? Whenever ‘growth’ is mentioned, in talk about when this recession will lift, it is seen as an absolute good. However, economic growth means growth in construction and expansion. Expansion needsContinue reading ““The Show Must Go on!””
The Alpha Forest
Artwork currently being displayed as part of ‘Emergence’ an exhibition in Barnsley Town Centre, until 5 September 2009 The Alpha Forest (2009, mixed media) The ‘Alpha Forest’ is a global hegemony, anything different living in the forest, anything not following the route, cannot survive. All the hands point up competing to be the best, theContinue reading “The Alpha Forest”
Making ‘The Alpha Forest’
So far this year I have spent some hours of every day developing ‘The Alpha Forest’. Here are some photographs of the progression
Global Pillage
Global Pillage, ballpoint pen on paper, 70X115cm This is the Easter Island Catastrophe but on a global scale. Each Nation eating up its own land and resources, connected by a hegemonic paradigm – perpetuated to the masses through global communication, yet disconnected through increasingly nationalistic and far right politics, caused as conflict begins to riseContinue reading “Global Pillage”
There is still a her who I miss, when my endevours hit a snag. Even if she isn’t identifiable as anybody who exists, or who has ever existed, there is still a her.
The Sprawl: Drawings based on the land of people. April 18th – May 31st. Thurs-Sun 12-4pm.
This exhibition is a ‘installationalised’ selection of drawings covering the social landscape; the urbanization and takeover of the natural land and the methods of control over its inhabitants. The centerpiece is The Sprawl, an expansive paper drawing; incorporated around the shape of half of my bedroom (hence the unusual shape) colonizing all workable surfaces inContinue reading “The Sprawl: Drawings based on the land of people. April 18th – May 31st. Thurs-Sun 12-4pm.”
Checking in at springtime again
The same old manic approach. As soon as the days get longer and the sun shines brighter, anxiety blossoms inside of me, highlighting everything I ‘need to do now’ to avoid the feeling of failure and the doldrums. I recognise the face in the reflection of the train station windows – the face of meContinue reading “Checking in at springtime again”
John B Ledger 