Can bad art save you? Tear Factory Boy seems to think so. Bad Art Saves My Life, now showing at Head High Second Floor, leans into disappointment, jealousy and creative-industry burnout though art that is full of humour and meme-friendly faces. Spread across three interconnected rooms, the show moves from ‘The Money Face’ – a sharp jab at NFT-era art-market greed – to a room full of memes, where internet hilarity is reproduced through physical art and paint culture. Then, drag yourself out of the depths of Reddit to the ‘Not Ready Readymade’ room, where you’ll find everyday objects transformed with poems, jokes and quotes. This exhibition is best described as a portrait of our times – anxious, hyper-capitalised, chronically online and coping the only way we know how: through humour.
Feb 28-Apr 10. Free. Head High Second Floor. Opening night 6pm, Feb 28
