Kindergarten, diptych

Notes

'This work came as a response to reading William Blake's Songs of Innocence, where I was thinking about the 'fall' from innocence into consciousness, from child to adult. The playground or Kindergarten is overshadowed by a massive tree signifying the tree of knowledge - something that could be seen as the violent disruptor, it's Rorschach mirroring like a mushroom cloud. I wanted the oval play area to be surrounded by the absence of paint, the stark unknown just beyond the safety of the playground.' -Ruby Swinney

Provenance

WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town.

Private Collection.

Exhibited

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 2019.

Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, Global Song, 6 January to 12 February 2022.