SUBURBAN BAROQUE

About

The works in Lucy May's ‘False Paradise' series are hideously extravagant and cavernous conglomerates of wax, polyurethane foam, fake flowers and various eruptions of modified plastic tat. With these works, Lucy May celebrates cheapness, the sickly sweet, and the synthetic and fuses those things with commemorative, historical and anatomical references. Pebble dashing, domestic gloss and pearlescent car paints create a fantastical world of customised suburban baroque. Pound shop opulence flirts with the viewer, defying good taste and revelling in the deceptive seductiveness of the bargain bin.