“Rona Green is well known for her hand coloured linocuts of hybrid figures. King of Punchbowl and Nastja exemplify her interest in the world of people living on society’s edge. Green creates characters who identify themselves through visual markers such as tattoos. One of the strongest auditory markers of personality is music. Both of Green’s prints are therefore connected through styles of music that I imagined her characters identified with. Thus King of Punchbowl’s protagonist is an urban creature whose passions are hip-hop culture. The auditory companion features hiphop music and finishes with his attempt to phone Nastja. I chose to position Nastja in a nightclub dancing to house music. Her enjoyment of the evening is repeatedly interrupted by the phone calls from the King of Punchbowl’s protagonist.”

Jay-Dea Lopez
Curator