Bull Market
by Oliver McKenna

Description

Bull Market throws a charging bull across a field of vibrant pink, painted in loose, broken brushstrokes that make the animal feel powerful but slightly unstable, as if it could either surge forward or fall apart at any moment.

The title pulls in a few different worlds, particularly the financial “bull markets,” crypto culture and its obsession with winning big. The painting doesn’t try to neatly explain any of it. Instead, it lets those ideas collide.

Around the figure, graffiti-like marks and fragments of text build up like the noise of social media, peoples loud opinions and constant movement. The bull pushes forward through all of it, while the pink background refuses to soften or disappear.

What makes the work interesting is how differently people tend to read it. Some see confidence, ambition, momentum. Others see ego and volatility. Some of you will just love bulls and cows!