Chris Brown 2 (with Jack Low) - Sets, Series and Ensembles

Chris Brown 2

Welcome to Sets, Series and Ensembles, an exhibition of art in public places. Accompanying each public art placement is a 'First Response' for you to read here on the website. As artists and writers we are constantly collecting ideas, objects, themes, and sentiments. We are often searching for the connections and narratives that help us understand both our lives and our art.  

Love is the answer today, and it is our very own creative cupid Chris Brown, who has fired his artistic arrow into the Pevensey Road Nature Reserve in Hanworth. Responding to Chris' artwork is erudite Eros and creative all-rounder Jack Low. Read his response below.

Chris Brown 2

“Baby on board”
reflects in the glass
of the first class carriage,
Displaying over empty seats,
yet the destination 
is filled with open arms 

Armed with cannons
Castles crumble
as if nobody took their first steps within
memories are forgotten
like empty bottles
buried like a mothers touch
And still resurrected years later
within a wooden toy soldiers
brushed off with a promise to cherish 

Cherished unto a fault
The land is torn apart
By the blistering and caring heat
Enacted by a minority
Whilst people rise
And placards are thrown high,
what it means to be human 

Human spirit cries out like tears
shed infront of strangers
and splinters like glass  

I take away the equation
But the love Remains

Jack Low

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Chris Brown is an artist, author, editor and art therapist living amongst skyscrapers and regularly exploring the wilder landscapes of the United Kingdom.

Jack Low is a Brighton based writer. He published his debut poetry pamphlet, aesthetics of a dropout, in 2019. He currently leads a poetry group in Camden.