ARTWORKS

Catch 22 is a Brexit specific piece where the East Coast fishing fleet was weaponised in the debate and the West Coast creepers and divers were ignored. The Captain of the boat is blinded by his greed.

Call of Duty is about the predicament of children. Of either being in a warzone or rushing home from school to pretend they're in a warzone on their PS4's. The boy has 3 faces - his schoolboy face, his Call of Duty avatar face and a shocked, anguished face. He sits astride a steampunk swing park spring animal.

Hypersonic Economics is a modern take on the Somalian war god Bes, adopted by the Egyptians and made a household guardian and all round congenial host. The hypersonic refers to Russia's hypersonic missiles and the tank and paintbrush is asking the pen/sword question.

Steve Hall (b.1967) graduated from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 1988 having studied Ceramics and Sculpture.