Original Artwork, 1st In New Series

This drawing along with “Joker Johnson” are part of a new series of topical artworks that have been unveiled as the build up to my solo exhibition in December (more info here).

Meanwhile the damning portrayal of Brazilian President Bolsonaro sees the controversial world leader captured with the flames of the Amazon pouring from his eyes. “During the worst of the recent Amazon fires I actually lost sleep thinking about Bolsonaro’s attitude towards it all,” says Mylne. “It seemed quite evil to me.”

Lisa Baker Associates

Thanks to ArtBelow.org a photo of me drawing it was put up as a poster onto the platform at Regent’s Park tube station for about 3 weeks and over the duration of Frieze Art Fair (based nearby the station).

While the poster was there I received many messages through email and Instagram etc from Brazilians who had either seen it in person or on a couple of Brazilian online pages/blogs where it was posted, sharing their thoughts and appreciation of it with me . That was a new experience for me as I don’t usually get close to political issues like this.

He’s one of a bunch of Nationalist, far right, ‘Capitalist extremist’, bigoted, environmentally unfriendly leaders that are the last thing our fragile world needs right now. It is important to do artworks like this that are culturally and historically relevant.

Video below shows the artwork created in context of the Amazon rain forest fires.