Piss Boys
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resin, inkjet print, hair, bones, ash, seagrass, oil pastel, gold leaf, finger nailsCommonwealth and Council
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This contemporary artwork features two framed images on a plain white background. The predominant color is a vibrant yellow, which creates a striking contrast with the darker, more muted tones of the photographic images. The composition is minimal, with the images positioned symmetrically and centered within the frames. The left image depicts a figure walking through a natural environment, possibly a stream or shallow water. The right image shows a stylized, abstract face with a curious and somewhat unsettling expression. The artist appears to be exploring themes of nature, the human form, and the subconscious through the juxtaposition of these disparate elements. The artwork employs a combination of photographic and mixed media techniques, blending traditional and experimental approaches. This piece likely reflects the artist's interest in exploring the boundaries between representation and abstraction, as well as the interplay between the natural and the manufactured. ...

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P. Staff
Artist
P. Staff
B.1987, British

P. Staff makes film installations, performance art, and new media works Writer and filmmaker Juliet Jacques describes Staff's site-specific exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, “On Venus,” as the following: “Staff’s site-specific exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, ‘On Venus’, deals with biopolitics, looking at the ways in which exchanges between bodies, ecosystems and institutions affect human consciousness and behaviours – especially for queer, trans and non-binary people. A new video work also entitled On Venus, features two sections: the first presents warped archival footage of industrial farming for the production of meat, fur and hormones; the second features a poem about life on the uninhabitable planet Venus, conjuring a state of near-death that has parallels with trying to survive as a queer person in a heteronormative world. The surrounding installation impinges on the gallery itself, confronting entrants with a gargoyle weathered by acidic rain, a symbol of the worsening climate crisis, harshly lit against a reflective floor. The defamiliarizing effect of Staff's intervention rubs up against the history of the building, which was originally used as a gunpowder store. Pipes suspended from the ceiling leak acid into steel barrels, at once evoking chemical corrosion, the sharing of bodily fluids, and the uncontrollable, networked spread of viruses and data.” (Wikipedia) ...

P. Staff: Artworks
Planetary Dysphoria
P. Staff
Planetary Dysphoria, 2021
Piss Boys
P. Staff
Piss Boys, 2021
18 x 13 x 3cm
Piss Boys
On Wanting
Weed Killer (video still)
P. Staff
Weed Killer (video still), 2017
Fuck the Clock
P. Staff
Fuck the Clock, 2019
196 x 132 x 5cm
Blades
P. Staff
Blades, 2019
135 x 91 x 5cm
Slug
P. Staff
Slug, 2019
196 x 132 x 5cm
Glove
P. Staff
Glove, 2019
135 x 91 x 5cm
Chain
P. Staff
Chain, 2019
135 x 91 x 5cm
The Appetite
Dribbler
P. Staff
Dribbler, 2018
51 x 43 x 33cm
Common Cup
P. Staff
Common Cup, 2018
318 x 43 x 43cm
Basin
P. Staff
Basin, 2018
10 x 213 x 118cm
Old Clothes
P. Staff
Old Clothes, 2018
51 x 76 x 4cm
Kaya Facedown
P. Staff
Kaya Facedown, 2018
51 x 76 x 4cm
Public Drunk
P. Staff
Public Drunk, 2018
113.03 x 43 x 46cm
Planetary Dysphoria
P. Staff
Planetary Dysphoria, 2021
Piss Boys
P. Staff
Piss Boys, 2021
17.78 x 12.7 x 2.54cm
On Venus
It’s Soaking
P. Staff
It’s Soaking, 2015
24 x 20cm
Knife, Scalpel, Blade
P. Staff
Knife, Scalpel, Blade, 2022
224 x 29cm
Knife, Scalpel, Blade
P. Staff
Knife, Scalpel, Blade, 2022
124 x 29cm
Knife, Scalpel, Blade
P. Staff
Knife, Scalpel, Blade, 2022
199 x 179cm
Love Life (bottles)
P. Staff
Love Life (bottles), 2022
61 x 61 x 2.5cm
Love Life (skulls)
P. Staff
Love Life (skulls), 2022
61 x 61 x 2.5cm
Sunrise
P. Staff
Sunrise, 2022
90 x 70cm
Sunset
P. Staff
Sunset, 2022
90 x 70cm
against death . // not against dying . II
P. Staff
against death . // not against dying . II, 2024
76 x 76 x 22.8cm
HHS-687
P. Staff
HHS-687, 2023
90 x 70cm
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

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