(from the artist’s “crumpled” period) They look
like a jazz quartet – but they’re coloured blue! As in life, things are
seldom straightforward or simple. And why is the fat man laughing!?
(from the artist’s “crumpled” period) As the twins
play chess, each wonders why his brother was their mother’s favourite.
The depth of detail in their faces brilliantly depicts their angst.
A bottle of richly red, tantalising Claret, smashed
in a youth’s cheeky face. Observe how the reds of the wine run into the
reds of the young victim’s blood, streaming into rivers of sumptuous crimson
beauty. If that isn’t art, what is?
Can you find the fish in this picture? It’s hard
to spot but, if you think about it, it’s right where you’d expect it to
be! (Clue: think “clogs”)
Dundee has been captured by the Martians and the
last few scientists MUST escape! See how they stay in the shadows to try
to slip past the aliens. Can they get the secret formula to the resistance?
Now that the secret weapon has been completed,
the scientists must return to Dundee and get to the Martian Emperor. In
this picture, the scientists are clearly more confident. Also, the Martian
patrol are shown wielding far less threatening weapons. Some believe the
‘Dundee’ pair to be a homage to Christ’s death, and subsequent revivification.
Lacey Harrison was born in darkest Peru some
time in the mid 1980s. Shortly after her birth, her parents ran off to
join the French Foreign Legion, leaving the infant Lacey to an uncertain
fate half way up a mountain. For the first 6 years or so of her life, Lacey
was raised by a small group of wild owls. Some academics believe that this
may be when she developed her current-day liking for earthworms and sitting
in trees at night.
One day, she crawled out of the forest where the owls were nested and found her way to a nearby Macdonald’s restaurant. The staff were, at first, shocked by the little girl covered in twigs, mud and feathers, but soon took pity on her and took her in, giving her a home in an old, decommissioned oven. She lived in the oven for the next 7 years, feasting on Big Macs and onion rings thrown to her by the in-store workers.
Over time, people started to notice that she would sometimes arrange bits of burger, gherkins and torn-up onion rings into simple, yet striking, pictures. Some scalded her for wasting such fine food, but others recognised the natural talent evident in the “crude” works. Several of those people donated money to send the budding artist to art college, where she flourished.
Emerging 3 years later with her artistic training complete, Lacey Harrison has gone on to produce some of the most intriguing and small works of art of the modern era. Of particular note are those pieces that emerged from her “crumpled” period. At that time, she almost overdosed on tea on several occasions. Some of the resulting works have sold for as much as £4.27 at auction.
Hateful of cameras, and never allowing her photo to be taken, the only picture of Lacey endorsed by the artist herself is her self portrait of 2005, shown below.
"Stunning! Awesome! Fabulous! I looked at three and my nose started to bleed!" - Matt Paint,The Daily Blurb
"If I had just three of these works, and I burned two, I'd only have one left!" - Lucy Mong, Art Weekly
"This isn't art.... it's life! But flat and made of ink and stuff." - Mac Jones, The Sun
"Lacey Harrison has successfully bridged the gap between art and earthworms" - Bark Streamson, Environmental warrior
"Nice" - Rob
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