Mike Ballard

Gutter Snipe – Artists monograph

124 page hard back book of recent works 2016-2019.

Mike Ballards eye is drawn to the detritus, the residue and the accidental layering of signs and symbols of paints, varnish and stickers, be they instruction or advert. In the development of this work he is not simply recreating a found image, he is making a visual commentary on the forces of urbanity that negate, displace and corrode. In Ballards ongoing series of sculptures made from found hoardings, the medium very much is the message. Their facades retain all the marks of a life lived on the street, exposed to the elements, the wants of site managers and the whims of graffiti writers.

The design and layout of this book allows these works to tell their own story.