bluebee magazine - volume 2

The European Connection - 2019 - Black ink drawing on a road map

The European Connection

Niall Kirby

Niall Kirby

London, United Kingdom

Inspired by Banksy and Warhol, as well as the up-cycling and recycling culture, Niall chooses maps or book pages as the medium to deliver his statements and create intimacy with the viewer. His images are fulfilled with homoeroticism and the allure

of taboo. Niall explores the parallels between desire, disdain, lust, shame and self-expression. This drawing from “The Europe Connection” series depicts men on the maps of the different countries. The artist shows that despite our

nationality and life style, we are linked to the nature and finish our life destination alike: becoming dust on the roads.