This exhibition was a reflection of a period of my life when I was on the dole, I had sandwiches for every meal and my friends bought my drinks. I remember pissing off friends because I owed them all large sums and my brother gave up on me even paying the rent for the flat that we shared.

This must’ve been my most worthy exhibition.

Image List: Horses, Courses and Socialists (2009 – oil on canvas), Cobalt Rain Check (2010 – gouache on ticket), Career Thousands (2010 – gouache on cigarette packet), Lend us a 20 (2009 – oil on canvas), You Pay (2009 – oil on canvas), Collection Box 4 (2010 – digital C-type), Studio view from Asialink residency to Beijing in 2009 where most of the Poetry and Paydays work was made.