Some of the paintings in this collection were created during an online international  alternative large group, which meets every Sunday and is affectionately known as the ALG. As people attend from a number of different countries, the paintings themselves have both an international and political content and I am often responding in paint to the pressing issues that people face. Here is a message from Pedro, a Brazilian member of our group.

Hi everyone, I asked some friends in my social circle to review Marcus Price's work, "Ship of Fools," and some sent me some comments. I didn't mention that the work was made during the period of genocide, or the siege of Venezuela, or the persecution of immigrant workers in the US, or the discrimination against Latinos. 

The first comment came from Sabrina, a little Brazilian who lives in the interior of Brazil and affectionately calls me Pedroca.

“Look, Pedroca, I'm not a visual arts critic; my academic background is in performing arts, but I can make some unequivocal judgments about the context we've been facing regarding mental health, not only in our country but worldwide. 

Therefore, I'm deeply grateful to share my insights into this work and what I understand.

First, the "deformity" that gives us the impression of a dystopian time facing a raging sea is striking. And with the laments, so united in a unified discourse, it's possible to perceive that, in a cruel way, each character has lost their identity, yet they continue to navigate a universe of uncertainty and inconsistencies about being and existing.

Ship of Fools

Agamemnons Dream

A Beam of Intense Darkness (WR Bion)