Description
Harry Conneally, Solitary playground II 2025, oil on aluminium plate, board mount on varnished acrylic. Image courtesy the artist.
Artist’s Statement:
Solitary playground II explores the boundary between landscape painting and virtual environments through a hauntological lens. Using aluminium and board, I contrast the physicality of materials with glitched, unreachable areas from the video game Batman: Arkham City. These empty, spectral spaces question how virtual worlds shape our sense of isolation and narrative.
Influenced by the Belgian artist Luc Tuymans and theorists like Jameson, the work reflect on how painting can process memory, dislocation, and agency in an era where digital escape increasingly defines our emotional and cultural landscape.
