Artists Statement:

My interest lies in the human instinct to deny our natural being. Clothes, makeup, religion and material possesions are frequently used as tools for overshadowing our true identities as biological beings.
Within my work, the image of the ape is a metaphor for the identity that we find so disgusting within modern society. For example, the unnatural constructed image of celebrity is preferred to the image of man as an advanced ape.
My work tries to establish the barriers between what is respected within society and what our biological
structure desires.

Lynne Gold

Camberwell college of Art : painting