A collection of works reflecting on contemporary life by artist Kingston Poplar. Born in Australia but raised in the UK, Poplar recently relocated to Australia after four years living on a remote Caribbean island. His new series of oil paintings portrays the final period of his life on the island as well as autobiographical moments that open into broader reflections on contemporary existence. Merging elements both real and imagined, ordinary and extraordinary, the fragmented nature of Poplar’s paintings also speaks to the overstimulation of an image-saturated world. Together they offer a meditation on what it means to exist in a digital age full of disconnection and distraction, with each of us existing almost as our own remote island:

“Surreal layered compositions explore the human condition in the modern world through a lens that is both personal and universal. Using the island as metaphor for the individual, these works distort space and form to reflect the disorienting pace of life in the attention economy.”

Poplar’s solo debut, “Each in Ourselves an Island,” opens at Brunswick Street Gallery on January 24th.