Mark Wilson
‘I have (something) a lot to say’ 2025. Acrylic screen print and aerosol on wood, paint marker, paper and corflute; Box: 60 x 60 x 60cm each; Pickets: approx. 120 x 55cm each.
Artist statement
I have (something) a lot to say explores my lived experience as a gay man, celebrating LGBTQ+ life while confronting the discrimination I faced in my teens and early adulthood.Â
In this work I use advertising and protest/graffiti aesthetics in a three-dimensional form to challenge conventional narratives and reclaim derogatory language against the gay community. By reclaiming and transforming, my work aims to spark reflection and contemplation on a dark past, future social change and personal expression.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
аIJʹÙÍø School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
