2021 in a Can
MAUREEN KINGSLEY, 2022
Auminium Milo can...
30 x 20 x 20 cm.
About the artwork…
2021, what a year! Like a Jack in the Box turned Jumanji, the ‘2021 in a can’ toy is totally unpredictable. Cautiously turn the handle, because you never know just when the the lid will fly off or what will jump out! 2021 and COVID - everyone had an opinion, some crazier than others. It was an absolutely unpredictable year. The planes stopped, streets were quiet, people were told to stay home. We waited for daily press updates, vaccines and toilet paper supplies. People stopped learning, stopped earning and stopped breathing. A few saw opportunity, with increased profits as housebound folk got bigger tellys and undertook home renovations. These same few were rewarded with a mega-bonus called jobkeeper. We had an incompetent Prime Minister who, unable to manage one job, sneakily named himself captain of nearly everything else. People lost their lives, and their loved ones. Weddings were postponed, holidays were cancelled. Funerals went ahead, lots of funerals. Without mourners. No hospital visits, no final goodbyes. 2021 in a can, I’m glad you’re done!
About the artist…
Maureen Kingsley. 1961 - current.
MAUREEN KINGSLEY, 2022
Auminium Milo can...
30 x 20 x 20 cm.
About the artwork…
2021, what a year! Like a Jack in the Box turned Jumanji, the ‘2021 in a can’ toy is totally unpredictable. Cautiously turn the handle, because you never know just when the the lid will fly off or what will jump out! 2021 and COVID - everyone had an opinion, some crazier than others. It was an absolutely unpredictable year. The planes stopped, streets were quiet, people were told to stay home. We waited for daily press updates, vaccines and toilet paper supplies. People stopped learning, stopped earning and stopped breathing. A few saw opportunity, with increased profits as housebound folk got bigger tellys and undertook home renovations. These same few were rewarded with a mega-bonus called jobkeeper. We had an incompetent Prime Minister who, unable to manage one job, sneakily named himself captain of nearly everything else. People lost their lives, and their loved ones. Weddings were postponed, holidays were cancelled. Funerals went ahead, lots of funerals. Without mourners. No hospital visits, no final goodbyes. 2021 in a can, I’m glad you’re done!
About the artist…
Maureen Kingsley. 1961 - current.
MAUREEN KINGSLEY, 2022
Auminium Milo can...
30 x 20 x 20 cm.
About the artwork…
2021, what a year! Like a Jack in the Box turned Jumanji, the ‘2021 in a can’ toy is totally unpredictable. Cautiously turn the handle, because you never know just when the the lid will fly off or what will jump out! 2021 and COVID - everyone had an opinion, some crazier than others. It was an absolutely unpredictable year. The planes stopped, streets were quiet, people were told to stay home. We waited for daily press updates, vaccines and toilet paper supplies. People stopped learning, stopped earning and stopped breathing. A few saw opportunity, with increased profits as housebound folk got bigger tellys and undertook home renovations. These same few were rewarded with a mega-bonus called jobkeeper. We had an incompetent Prime Minister who, unable to manage one job, sneakily named himself captain of nearly everything else. People lost their lives, and their loved ones. Weddings were postponed, holidays were cancelled. Funerals went ahead, lots of funerals. Without mourners. No hospital visits, no final goodbyes. 2021 in a can, I’m glad you’re done!
About the artist…
Maureen Kingsley. 1961 - current.
Sculpture to be collected post-exhibition on November 6 2022 from the Thistle Inn Stable Gallery, Church street, Ross.