Mark Williams makes a very bold and colorful statement in his work. Since the start of the Iraqi invasion Mark says he has been making artwork based on inexpensive toy soldiers (the small plastic ones in various unmovable poses). His paintings are brightly colored portraits of toy soldiers with play-doh molds on their heads. Mark says "The fact that there are toys of men holding guns, toys about war, about death, and murder for children at an early age interests me immensely. Plastic toy figures of men with guns and other weapons are depictions of a danger of the external world. To give a child of three years old these toy soldiers is to introduce them to a concept that is very unfortunate and gruesome."
You can check Mark's Holiday light sculptures at Hello My Name is Gallery up until the New Year.
1 comment:
I've seen the work from this man, and it is rubbish. That is just an opinion, all I see is unoriginal work and a very naieve message.
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