Friday, December 15, 2006

Opening – Sam Dargan’s ‘A Bad Year for People’ @ Rokeby – London

London's Rokeby has a knack of picking up young, up and coming, almost established talent, so it’s unsurprising they’ve roped Sam Dargen into their stable, with an exhibition entitled ‘A Bad Year for People’ opening in January 2007. Dargen graduated from the Royal College in 2002, and has since exhibited across Europe at galleries including Copenhagen’s Mogadhni. His works are a little disturbing – which isn’t altogether a bad thing – after all ‘alienation’ is his favoured subject. Almost all his characters are suit and tie boys, caught up in nasty situations, like say, the rear end of a tornado. So it’s safe to say, Dargen isn’t exactly after a warm fuzzy vibe.

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