Above image: Untitled by Jack Marshall 2015

In September last year Jack G. Marshall, alongside his brother Archy, a.k.a. King Krule, presented Inner City Ooz,  an exhibition examining the role of the artist within a developing metropolis. This month see’s Marshall back at Display Gallery for his first solo show, Low Battery.

Once again the young Londoner takes inspiration from the shifting urban landscape that surrounds him day to day, extracting from and engaging with the graphic elements of urbane themes such as regeneration, vandalism, advertising and noise pollution.

Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis, a volume of essays where the philosopher analyses the rhythms of urban spaces and the effects of those rhythms on people, Low Battery transposes the cultural rhythms of contemporary life into an artistic rhetoric. Marshall’s disjointed scratches, marks, paper shreds, and sprayed paint take on an added weight when placed within the cohesive narrative he creates, reflecting society’s diverse identity.

Marshall’s casual aesthetic is informed by celebrated contemporary American cartoonists Charles Burns and Gary Panter, two artists who had a vast influence on the underground art scene, especially through their work with the iconic comic anthology RAW, and whose affiliation with the music scene has defined their work (Burns is the man behind Iggy Pop’s 1990 Brick by Brick album artwork). Get down and witness a real talent while he’s on the early rise.

Jack Marshall: Low Battery runs at from 8th October to 29th October at Display Gallery, Morley House, 26 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2AQ