Underdogs, trains & strange fowl
Fisga | Porto 2026“Underdogs, trains and strange fowl” painting series tells a story of a species fading into something else entirely, by putting together images that are familiar, and those we no longer recognise.
They come from repeated journeys through the damp, airless passageways of the London Underground, with its tidal flocking together, all-seeing fisheye mirrors, distorted windows, its litter, treasure, and hallucination. Some of them are like snapshots from a bad dream. Passengers and their surroundings reflect off each other in an endless line of mutating copies. The repetition and boredom feel confusing and overwhelming, yet safe.
“In the polished panels of the rear wheel-housing Maitland stared at the distorted reflection of himself. His tall figure was warped like a grotesque scarecrow, and his white-skinned face bled away in the curving contours of the bodywork. A madman's grimace, one ear on a pedicle six inches from his head.”
Excerpt: J.G. Ballard, Concrete Island
Editor: Dominika Ożarowska
Underdogs, oil on canvas, 103x153 cm, London, UK
Rodondo, oil on canvas, 103x153 cm, London, UK 2026