| Dameon Priestly - Artist Collections of Work
Sulphur
Skies, Oily Coins - coming soon
Lady
Luck
Local
News Story
A series of works relating local news stories deemed not suitable for national news – by those controlling the media and therefore the masses. To read more...
The
Good Book
A series of drawings that once again look at the uncomfortable alliance of sex and religion - where both are seen as disposable commodities. To read more...
Malice
in Wonderland
The earthly gateway to the promised land is not always what it appears to be; set in the 'Bible-belt' Mid West of America in the 1970s, the stories behind the pictures are disturbing in their inference and show the hollowness in their scriptures. To read more...
Missing:
series 1
The concept of going missing in America is terrifyingly easy. Typically in one mid-western state an average of 1,900 people disappear per year. This haunting, evocative and yet compelling series of paintings depicts in a series of narratives, in a variety of disquieting perspectives . To read more...
Missing:
series 2
Dameon’s work engages with the 'American Dream' and its unquestioning belief and hope; focusing on wanderlust and escape that ultimately ends in tragedy. ‘Since this girl represents not a person, but an image, or something desirable, the last thing we would expect him to want, would be to personalise this person.’ S. Michaud (The Only Living Witness, 1983). To read more...
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