Shaun Doyle & Mally Mallinson
Peristroma Dolorosa, 2005 (detail), 'Peristroma Dolorosa', MOT, London
Peristroma Dolorosa, 2005 (detail), 'Peristroma Dolorosa', MOT, London
photo credits: Stephanie Rushton
"Shaun Doyle & Mally Mallinson have decided to accompany each other on their own world tour, taking the decision to abandon their individual practises and join forces. Combining insanities, in a collaborative journey through the never never land of religion and art, Doyle and Mallinson have allowed a myriad of influences, from Dadd to Giotto, Nazarenos, garden gnomes, even hallucinogenic mushrooms and the crucifixion, to create an obscene and monstrous work they call 'Peristroma Dolorosa'.
When Doyle and Mallinson came to me I had my suspicions that they were delirious. Both were unshaven and I could detect the smell of alcohol on their breath. Their clothing was dishevelled and unsightly, smeared with a combination of chip fat and plaster dust. They ranted about the 'Carpet of Sorrows', like a crazy paved garden path, taken, they claimed from the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem..." more>>
Exhibition text. Chris Hammond. MOT