RUGMAN (aka Anthony McEwan) Exhibition
Anthony simultaneously feeds off of and pays tribute to our media saturated cultural landscape, taking a satirical look at the interplay between the viewer and the subject by using icons and archetypes to illustrate the vacuity of everyday activity.By juxtaposing seemingly apposite subjects and objects, Anthony invites the viewer to test their own boundaries within the confines of the artist/audience relationship. The sex/death connection, the self-loathing voyeurism inherent in our society, the unspoken violence of children and the hypocrisy/corrosion of their innocence are all consistent themes woven into his challenging, esoteric work.
Understanding that true art finds all things acceptable and nothing taboo, Anthony bridges the gap between pop art, erotica and classical collage/montage techniques to create a unique and potent vision of the modern world in which we live and judge each other.
text by: Michael Freedman (film maker).