Juxtapoz Magazine – Jeremy Olson “This Time of Monsters” @ Unit London
“The aged globe is dying and the new earth struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” – Antonio Gramsci
Jeremy Olson’s latest solo exhibition with Unit London sites his acquainted forged of otherworldly creatures at the centre of an apocalyptic globe. this time of monsters draws its title from Italian thinker Antonio Gramsci’s reflections on interregnum. Interregnum, an historic Roman time period, signifies a period of very long changeover concerning historic levels. Olson situates his exhibition in this state of in-betweenness, commenting on our present time period of societal, political, economic and environmental uncertainty. During these ideas of catastrophe and collapse, however, Olson’s exhibition never extinguishes a sense of hope and humour. Even with appearances, these monsters are depicted as kind and nurturing, perplexed and introspective and, often, they just want to celebration.
Olson has been attracted to the strategy of monsters since childhood, an