.Shaun Stamp work is one of disclosure that is primarily concerned with the analytical Self, the psychology of dysfunctional family within a silent drama and the scale of existential anxiety. Communicating these themes and fragments often play-out to create layers of content swaying ideas and theories associated around the themes of childhood, dreams, memories/experiences past and present; Unravelling what it is to be human, Stamp thoughts and feelings within the content of the familiar and unfamiliar, sees the immediacy of his work as one of tell-tale, expression and confessionalism.
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Shaun Stamp considers himself a product of post-colonialism, born in (1985) Wales, into a working class family, Stamps mother (of Portuguese, German, Benin and Arawak descendants) was a single parent who brought Stamp and his siblings up in a strict Jehovahs Witness setting. Meeting his tattooed motor-biker Roma father at the age of 13 was a final link to the starting point in his pursuit to uncovering and questioning identity to reveal the effects and expression of aftermath.
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Shaun Stamp’s art is one of questioning and looking at the world around him, while also disclosing his life events to influence his medium, he produces works to portray a visual diary while questioning the human condition. Stamp crystallises layers of experience into objects that can be seen as mixed media to reveal hopes, humiliations, failures and successes; creating work that is often tragic, spiritual and humorous. The works of Stamp are what he considers a disjointed time-line of revisited memories and digs to uncover the suppressed; becoming a conversation between his Self and the Viewer that leaves the rest to unfold.
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You can explore Stamp’s work further by visiting:
http://www.shaunstamp.com and The Violet Hour.
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All images were kindly supplied by the artist.
Please contact the artist before using them.
Thank you.
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