Richard Battersby’s paintings function both as stills of a drama unfolding, and provide the stage sets before which live events take place, as in their placement within the exhibition Land Of Nod (July 2007), in which they were the backdrop for live performances. Arm Yourself for the Physical Challenges of the Day presents a city version of the Scott’s Porage Oats packet image, but instead of breakfast being a morning activity, it takes place here at 7pm, with all the potential excitements of the night in store. Whilst presenting an image of people in a particular time and place, advertising is satirised. Are the bulging biceps of the men on the packet really what we need to carry out tasks in our increasingly technological workplaces? A new piece made with Chris Grieves imagines what might happen if kids were allowed to invade the living rooms of Credit Crunch victims, to be exhibited at the launch of their new club The Coma Lounge, this July.
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