Robbie Williams has transitioned from music to art with his latest exhibition, 'Radical Honesty' at the Moco in London. Featuring anxiety-inducing paintings and sculptures, his work critiques self-help culture through absurd and often cringe-worthy affirmations. His pieces juxtapose whimsical graphics with uncomfortable truths about self-perception, emphasizing a disconnect in modern therapeutic advice. While the exhibit attempts to provide introspective moments with features like an 'introvert chair', it fails to steer clear of creating a sense of overwhelming absurdity and discomfort, highlighting the fine line between artistic expression and self-parody.
The big printed canvases of computerized line drawings on the walls are filled with therapy speak, greeting card banter and patronizing, meaningless affirmations.
And somehow, somehow, that's still not the worst thing in Radical Honesty, as the show is called. No, the worst thing is an image of a signpost with you and your limiting self beliefs to the left.
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