Jesmond 1981

Editor: So, here we have Stephen Buckley's "Jesmond." It's this vibrant screenprint, with repeated floral motifs over horizontal lines of green and dots. It feels almost like a textile design. What do you make of it? Curator: Textile design, yes, but disrupted, maybe? Buckley, for me, is always about the joy of controlled chaos. The eye wants to find a pattern, a rhythm, but those pink vertical bands kind of throw everything off, don't they? Like a beautiful garden with unexpected weeds. What do you think? Editor: I see that! It’s definitely more complex than it initially appears. I appreciate how it plays with expectation, disrupting what could be a simple pattern. Curator: Exactly! And that tension, that playful disruption, is where the real magic happens, isn’t it? It makes you look closer, question your assumptions. Editor: Absolutely. Thanks for that perspective, it's made me see it in a totally different way.