With his new piece, “Demolition of the Contractor”, Linnard takes us further down the path established by his earlier works “Naivety of Optimism” and “Inevitability of Failure”.
The theme is similar; how the reassuring surge of adrenalin that accompanies the commencement of a task rapidly transforms into the strychnine of despair upon realisation of its futility.
This time however the implementation is clearer; shock and awe when the scale of the effort reveals itself; disillusionment and betrayal when promised contributions fall well short of expectations.
In this work, Linnard identifies with all who take on any endeavour whatsoever, and crystallises the notion that any effort towards completion is trivial and futile and should be abandoned or, as this work seems to hint at, does Linnard have something up his sleeve?
Linnard will be exhibiting his latest works, November 1st 2020 to January 10th, 2030 at the Manoir de Catastrophe, Kingston NY.
Jason Proctor, San Francisco