We talked to John Roy about his latest exhibition Here and There.
MNG: You've often used rabbits in your work before. Why rabbits?
JR: I like to use rabbits because they say so many different things depending on the viewers reading of the work.
MNG: Your work has often engaged with architectural forms. But the Hybrids are a little different. Metaphorically all buildings are an extension of ourselves in that they are the product of human projects and labour. Is this what you are referring to, and what's the significance or meaning of the Hybrids?
JR: I see the Hybrids as a fusion of people and buildings - people being modified by the environment they live in.
MNG: Anything you want to say about the holes or perforations in your work?
JR: I like holes. I think of them sometimes being windows , other times I see
them as drawing with light and dark. A hole is the blackest black you can get, and at the same time it can let the light through.
MNG: And the soldier rabbits? Are soldier rabbits an actual breed...
JR: I used the soldiers as I liked the army in disguise aspect. I also liked the way the wall rabbits are abstract shapes and patterns from a distance, it is not until you get closer that you can tell what they are.
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