Daniel Flynn

And I Still Don’t Know Which Way To Go, 2017

Daniel Flynn’s practice involves making large-scale textile banners out of acquired drop sheets and applying illustrations and fragments of text across them. Working in a manner which is off-the-cuff and responsive to the other marks made on the drop sheet, Daniel begins to construct a narrative that is concerned with the complexities of everyday contemporary life and explores how this affects understanding of individual autonomy and identity.

Daniel’s mark-making draws from a diaristic practice of collected notes and imagery on everyday life, which begins to engage with contemporary melancholy as a shared human experience, inherent to the human condition. This self-reflective exploration into human experiences becomes a way to negotiate politics, social networks and the everyday, whilst focusing on the effect of disillusionment to adopt an attitude of doing the best with what’s on hand.

Image: Daniel Flynn, Bodies In The Sun, And I Still Don’t Know Which Way To Go, 2017. Embroidery thread, acrylic, spray paint and pencil on drop cloth. Photo courtesy of the artist.