JACK WILMS

THERE'S MORE TO THE PICTURE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Jack Wilms (1957) uses socially critical collages to combat the hardening of society.

Wilms, who comes from the advertising world and socio-cultural work, uses his art as a weapon against the commercialization and hardening of society.

His silkscreens and digital collages, placed in the tradition of Pop Art, merge contrasts and extremes into powerful visual stories with a socially critical charge.

Wilms gives Pop Art his own twist: ‘Pop Art is often impersonal and populist. I want to give it a soul and a conscience’.

He draws inspiration from the raw reality of everyday life, combined with elements from consumer culture, 

comics, cartoons, photography and pop/rock music.

The tension between objectivity and subjectivity in his work invites

reflection and discussion.

'fantasy'   2012

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