In As Good A Way As Any, an encounter with a perceived murderous snail becomes the foundation from which Falon Weaver questions human relationships to animals, the environment, and contemporary digital perspectives. Influenced by the absurdist narratives found in meme culture and the writings of Kurt Vonnegut, Weaver’s work investigates 'a human as creature' point of view. Weaver’s paintings also serve as a reflection of the current lens of hyperreality from which many experience physical environments today.
Falon Weaver (b.1999) is an American visual artist based in Dublin. Drawing from a personal archive of natural imagery from her home place in Pennsylvania and time spent living in Norway and Ireland, Weaver’s work seeks to create silly moments by pairing concentrated painting with found object manipulation. Weaver also makes up one half of a collaborative practice with artist Aoife Ní Dhuinn which documents collective exchanges through installation, public interventions, and publications.
Look ma!, acrylic on canvas, 145 x 104cm
As Good A Way As Any, installation view
Clouded, and Again at Half Past Noon, acrylic on paper, 80 x 60cm
Soft Vision, oil on canvas, 35 x 70cm
As Good A Way As Any, oil on found frame, 32 x 34cm
As Good A Way As Any, installation view
A Doggone Stick-up (detail)
Company, oil on wood, 15.5 x 11.5cm