This contemporary artwork features a black, boxy television set displaying a black-and-white image. The composition is centered, with the television placed on a simple white pedestal. The visual elements emphasize the contrast between the geometric, monochromatic television and the minimalist, clean-lined pedestal. The subject matter appears to depict a lone figure, though the details are obscured by the grainy, analog quality of the image. The artistic style suggests a conceptual approach that challenges the traditional boundaries of visual art, potentially commenting on themes of technology, media, and human presence. The historical context or the artist's intention behind this piece may explore the evolving relationship between art, technology, and the representation of the human form. ...
Peter Spanjer’s artistic practice explores the softness, sensitivity and vulnerability of black men, subverting stereotypes of infallible masculinity and underlying aggression. Despite their sensuality, Spanjer’s moving image works demonstrate resistance, refusals to perform ascribed, the homogenous notion of blackness and gender. Instead, they are immersive and rich, with translucent layers of sound and image dancing around one another. Within the abstracted soundscapes and dynamic visuals, meaning is often elusive, and clarity is momentary, but feelings wash over the viewer; calmness, dread and everything in between. His 2020 film, ‘Make Me Safe’ responds to the sociocultural conditions of its conception; the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the constant threat of police brutality against racialised bodies. ...
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