Matthew Bamber, GM series, Commemoration, 2021 (limited edition print)

Matthew Bamber explores our image-saturated world and his own consumption of imagery. His practice incorporates collage, photography, video, drawing and installation. He constructs assemblages, using photography, personal and public archives and found images taken from the internet, which are re-photographed and digitally manipulated. Compositionally, his works are influenced by both the baroque style and still-life painting. GM series, Commemoration (2021) is taken from a larger body of work that explores LGBTQIA+ histories and his own memories and personal experiences. This piece commemorates George Michael and his very public arrest at the Will Rogers Memorial Park in 1998.