David Le Fleming

Zero-waste art depicts unsung heroes

Using reclaimed surfaces like car bonnets, waste packaging and filing cabinet shelves, Le Fleming has painted large-scale, detailed portraits of people known to the artist who he considers to be stand up humans.

The title piece, Polycycle Sigil, a bicapitated (two-headed) lion painted on a 1958-61 Singer Gazelle bonnet, draws on Le Fleming’s interest in heraldry to make a coat of arms for unsung heroes. By applying the visual language of privilege to a mundane surface, he points to the ease with which a society can consider itself meritocratic while celebrating a restricted social class.

Scrapyard Saints – Opening night video by Taylor at Atmos Film

Cartoon Swamp Jazz
ink on board (acrylic case with faux fur upholstered frame)
1040 x 1283mm

Closing event, an invitation was extended to local musicians to join in an evening of improvised music.