by Jo Hawtree
www.gunsmokeandlavender.com
‘Walking in our shoes’ (AW 13/14) takes it’s reference from the historic past of psychiatric facilities and the dynamic intensity of the fractured human mind.
Using edgy, dark, inky tones juxtaposed with a textured, draped silhouette, the Gunsmoke and Lavender male is a dark passenger, transcending time, unsettled and unknown. He is beautifully sinister and gracefully insane.
Fractured and abandoned he carves his own path. His dreams as vivacious as the contents of former patients forgotten suitcases, their possessions, once meaningful, soon to belong to an anonymous name.
The garments combine to form powerful, melancholic self portraits. Portraying a picture of a world where disorder reigns yet sanctuary is paramount.
We will find that haven, secure it and then create an uproar. Be part of our revolution.
Come, walk with us, in our shoes..
