Heile, halbe Welt: Josh Keyes malt bizarre Bilder über im Großstadtdschungel gestrandete Tiere, über die Industrialisierung und existenzialistische Dramen. “The work is bizarre and creepy, that is how I feel about the world these days. The ideas behind the work are a combination of personal experiences and public, political, environmental concerns. Many pieces/images are like pages from a diary, others are direct response to the headlines in today’s newspaper. The paintings are a gut response to a number of articles I have recently read on the topic of global warming and the devastating effect it is having on the polar bear population due to the melting ice and gradual disintegration of the bear’s hunting grounds. I find this terrifying, and it made me very sad. For me the idea and imagery brings together both of these concerns and gives expression to the feelings I have. I think of the work as an imaginary world or story that is based in reality. The work appears to me toy-like, with Rube Goldberg moments. They are images to be thought about, not in terms of a mathematical problem, but in terms of poetry, something that never closes and remains open to interpretation.” (*) Via: cpluv
