I came across this mural piece by Ian Kirkpatrick whilst visiting galleries and museums in oxford. His work is inspired by the history of art and design from Ancient Greek amphorae to contemporary street signage. His pieces are filled with iconography’s and texts collected from across cultures and time periods which he combines into narratives that respond to world history and current global events.
Kirkpatrick’s bold and vivid colour palette present with his pieces is an aspect of his practice that bares similarities to my own. This coupled with his tendency towards deriving inspiration and iconography from past time periods obscure or remote cultures and the potentially occult or esoteric, makes him an artist that I find inspiring and of particular interest.
JAMIE WALTON 