17. Tracy Dods

Title
Taking it offline

Year
2022

Medium
acrylic on canvas

Dimensions
92 x 183cm

Artist Statement

Come with me on a journey into the inner life of my subjects.

These figures are usually alone – in many cases disoriented; in some, pathetically attempting to maintain their dignity – but when they are in groups they seem to be conversing in the language of collusion… or boardroom bullshit.

And yet there is enormous space for empathy. Underneath the suit and the un-beach-like posture many of my subjects look utterly lost. These are, or represent, the most powerful people in the world – and yet they seem to have no idea what they’re doing or how they got where they are - to their position of influence or ankle-deep in rising oceans (and quite possibly both).