Be Tru to your Rec, 2022
Project Native Informant, London
Be tru to your rec, Brooks' second solo exhibition with Project Native Informant, continued the artist's previous investigations into the aesthetics and politics of space in a climate of increasing commercialization and policing. The works pivoted around the archetype of the recreation ground, and the different ways that people made use of these communal spaces.
Assembled from a diverse array of imagery, including archival material, photographs taken by the artist and found ephemera, the paintings were built up like collages. Each composition was formed around a particular event or set of activities encountered on the recreation ground. Referencing the artist's experiences taken from a site visible from their studio in Cornwall, Be tru to your rec explored the incongruities and absurdities of contemporary life in flux.
Photos by Stephen James Bishop