Oddly Sequential: Pantomime Cartoons by Sam Lay is an exhibition of illustrator and visual artist Sam Lay taking place at Grids Coffee Bar, 15 – 27 July 2022.
Oddly Sequential: Pantomime Cartoons by Sam Lay break open the routine, often dreary struggles of everyday life through the celebration of the imagination, the pursuit of creativity and the sheer thrill of escapism that exists in us all. Through the art of cartoon, Sam Lay opens up a new world to be a part of, built from humour, heroism and fantasy.
A versatile artist in the discipline of cartooning, Sam Lay uses the pantomime or silent cartoon to create images and narratives that are immediately accessible and universal, avoiding the barriers of language and letting the pictures do the talking. Oddly Sequential captures the artist’s diverse approaches in experimenting with the pantomime format – single panels, multi-panels, or short story sequences. A fantastical sense of tale-telling and punchy arrangements revel in observational humour and absurd situations.
Like the characters in his drawings looking out their office windows for an exciting alternative, look into the window-like grids of Sam Lay’s cartoons for a sense of joy and escape!
You can read the full exhibition description here.
You can reserve Sam Lay’s Limited Edition Prints at Grids website.