Dolly Sen Artistic Statement

I am a visual artist, writer, film-maker, and performer interested in non-consensual reality, outsidership, empathy, authenticity and absurdity.

Themes in my practice are shedding skins and labels to see the heart behind things; challenging the concept and value of normality; making ordinary life extraordinary; flight; finding light in dark places, and insisting dreams have more substance and essence than average reality.

I have been labeled ‘mad’ by society. My work aims to show I make perfect sense.

I am a woman. I am biracial. I am gay. I am disabled. I like peeling off labels, even though people tell me to stop it.

If you want a purely intellectual approach to art and life, you have come to the wrong person. If you want art to bypass the intellect to touch the soul, make you laugh, turn on the light, subvert and protest any injustices, then take a ticket, I will be with you shortly.

Comments

20/04/2012

Cecilia Montague

The range of skills that you have acquired during your artistic career is impressive. Your art has an intelligence to it . How you choose to promote your ideas is very clever,ie. through the medium of paint or collage or digital art etc. A successful contemporary approach!

09/11/2011

Robert Marsland

These are brilliant - particualrly love the Trotsky

24/08/2011

Geoffrey Cervantes

hi dolly,fantastic artwork,so exciting and very refreshing...i love your ''state of mind'',all i can say is ''right on'',all the best,geoff...

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