childhood interrupted

 

My work “hopscotch” is represented in the group exhibition

childhood interrupted

01/02/2025 - 01/03/2025

The House of Smalls

103 Henderson Row,Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 5BB, Scotland, UK

~ childhood (noun):

the condition of being a child; the period of life before puberty

~ interrupted (adjective):

broken, discontinued, or hindered

Curator Amy Oliver

The work features a drawing of a hopscotch game on broken street and disused rails. The road and rails give the impression that you will fall down the horizon if you hop too far. Everything is surrounded by dark blocks, with a small piece of sky in between. The whole scenery is metaphorical and symbolizes how quickly a childhood can end, be interrupted and disrupted. However, the work contains autobiographical elements about my own childhood and how my childhood and innocence ended after certain experiences. In my childhood. I early became a cynical, doom-thinking, distrustful child who kept my distance from other children and adults.