Uber Dada

Uber Dada
This is an oil and charcoal work on canvas. Uber Dada is made up of a image of a crucifix with a faded figure of Christ on the cross in a traditional pose. The addition of the two cctv cameras and the cctv banner replacing the traditional one of INRI often found in images of Christ on the cross is strongly suggesting that the omnipotence of God has been usurped somewhat by the apparent omnipotence of the cctv cameras. The dog urinating below both the cameras and Christ suggest that neither omnipotent presence are working as deterrents to disorder. Indeed the cameras pointing at each other from the cross are suggesting the often self-regarding nature of both religion and technology. Further the ‘Uber Dada’ of the title is not so much a statement but a questioning of both systems. The Dada of the title is also a play on the word of father and also a reference to the Dadaist movement who displayed little respect for any institution, system or indeed any artistic movement including itself, preferring to ridicule them all.