I'm gonna delete you

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This exhibition is viewable by appointment only. To book an appointment please visit the artist's website to email the artist directly , or get in touch via social media. 
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‘I’m gonna delete you’ is the latest painting installation by Rebecca Molloy. In 2019, Molloy was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. A chronic pain condition that left her bed bound and unable to work. ‘I’m gonna delete you’ chronicles this period of living with a disability, being in intolerable amounts of pain and the grief that comes with such a condition. 

Within the painting, a myriad of body parts, twisted spines and devil like faces pop in and out of the image. For Molloy, these fragmented bodies represent what it feels like to live with the condition. A face screams in pain as a knife enters the skull, skeletons vomit up green sick and floating throbbing legs fall through the image. These disembodied limbs signify the confusion felt by the artist, as she became consumed by a body that was breaking and by a condition that took so much away from her. 

Although the painting tackles a very dark subject matter, it is also approached with playfulness and humour. Ridiculous cartoon like figures are dotted around the fresco and there are moments of humour as these figures interact with each other. Smiley faces and bodies flying are also dotted throughout the work to bring glimmers of hope back to the piece.

In the final iteration of this work, Molloy will turn the piece from a physical installation into a 3D model and launch it as an NFT in July. Finding a way to preserve the physical work, whilst also deleting it, will hopefully be a cathartic moment in this journey for the artist.  

Rebecca Molloy (born 1985, Leicester) lives and works in London. Molloy graduated with an MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts (2014). Recent solo exhibitions include, The Cactus Dance, Chalton Gallery, London (2018) Bad Limbs, Block 336, London (2016) and Till Death do us Party, Vitrine Gallery, London (2015). Molloy was the recipient of the Eaton Fund Award (2017) and the Elizabeth Greenshields Award (2015) and was shortlisted for the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation Prize (2016). Molloy was artist in residence at SILFF, Wales (2018) Refugio Amazons, Trelex Residency, Peru (2017) and The City and Guilds of London Art School (2015). Notable group exhibitions include (UK)Raine, Saatchi Gallery, (2016) and VG Award, Annely Juda. (2015)