Chewing Gum Spider cannot find the words


Grant Hunter. Chewing gum spider cannot find the words
Acrylic on Paper. 12x12cm. ©2008
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This is the first appearance of the chewing gum spider in my work, he has since reappeared a couple of times. Critics have pointed out that the creature only has four legs, when typically, arachnids are eight legged. Well, my answer to that is, that he is more chewing gum than spider, the legs were an afterthought to enable him to shuffle around. In this work he cannot find the words, even though they are clearly right there. The song sounds like swarms of insects but really it's just electricity..and then it gets all harsh and annoying etc.

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