Nightfall

In Bruegel’s painting ‘The Fall of Icarus’ no one notices the moment of impact and life goes on. Here the traveller is returning in a blaze of glory. His family are no longer watching the sky for his return.

After the sterility of space I tried to use simple patterned fabrics on each figure as a metaphor for how sophisticated life on earth really is; a Missoni jumpsuit, a rather mumsy Heals fabric straight from the early 70’s, a Shepard Fairey iconic image of a refugee used in Obama’s re-election campaign and a Jean Paul Gaultier camouflage suit.