Donning a gas mask and a business suit,
a self-portrait of Punx shows him protecting
himself from rampant societal hypocrisy and
fakeness, and the damage it causes to self. In
“Snatching Your Colour World”, hands claw out
through a veil of red threading, an impression
of his desire to destroy the fake happiness that
so many people pretend to have.
“I hate false expression. It is horrible to
show happiness when inside there is total
sadness because then you are not truly
happy,” said Punx.
While poignantly calling our attention
to the inner demons we so relentlessly try
to hide, Punx himself exists in a tragically
gloomy world where darkness claims his every
attention and where suffering and sadness are
the constructs of his daily life.
He imparts that while the messages
contained in his images are meditations of
despair, there is a deeper underlying message
he wishes to convey: “What I have to tell my
followers is simply this: Have hope. Don’t live
in this way.”
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