‘Never Surrender’ by Bobby Leash
“Don’t give up to gave up ghosts who do nothing but mock you.”
Media: Digital Video (NFT) Format: MP4 Dimensions: 3840 × 2558 px Duration: 01:00 min Collection/series: WORMS LAND ANTHEM (the debut collection represented by Joyman Gallery) __
Artist statement:
"...To something, I remember fondly since my childhood. Cute, melancholy, and slightly macabre. A place of pale, guilty ghosts. Sky unlit. Kids with lonely stares. A child's play portrayal of modern humanity through Japanese pop culture. I want my work to reflect depression and anxiety, a reality every society seems to be struggling with. I often feel a silent rage of despair and hopelessness when I'm alone, the sinking feeling that drives me to keep making art. They are a result of spending a lifetime stuck in a personal world. The painting process can sometimes offer some ease to my mind. But most of the time, comes with even more heartbreaking realizations."
Bobby Leash is currently working and living in Bangkok, Thailand.