Henry E Riley
My work explores the relationship between the body and midlife subcultures.
With influences as diverse as Rousseau and Francis Bacon, new synergies are generated from both opaque and transparent discourse.
Ever since I was a postgraduate I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of Men’s Fashion Designing. What starts out as triumph soon becomes manipulated into a hegemony of greed, leaving only a sense of dread and the chance of a new beginning.
As wavering derivatives become transformed through studious and diverse practice, the viewer is left with a clue to the limits of our culture.