Jonathan Shapley

Last edited by jshapley on 10 February 2016
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Individual
Containers - Mixed media on aluminium, 30 by 45cm, 2016
Terminal - Mixed media on aluminium, 30 by 45cm, 2016
Tower - Mixed media on aluminium, 45 by 30cm, 2016
Countryside - Mixed media on aluminium, 40 by 60 cm, 2015
Going Out - Mixed media on MDF, 53 by 87 cm

Contemporary artist, living and working in Oxford

My work is concerned with public (or semi-public) spaces, how we use them, how we are allowed to use them and the appropriation of such spaces. This in turn has led to questions reflecting on the way in which public spaces might echo our political and economic situations, and how we, as users of these spaces, accept or tolerate the conditions that are imposed upon us when using them. Much of my work is wall-based and employs a variety of media including photography and paint applied to a range of supports, normally two-dimensional, and including canvas, board and aluminium.