Cameron Spratley’s layered paintings confront the absurdity of being Black in America, using horror imagery as a subversive lure—an entry point into a chaotic frenzy of disorder and anxiety. His work does not seek to clarify a singular truth about youth in America but instead builds a dense network of relations, where meaning is fractured and warped to reflect a culture steeped in confusion and fear. Through this unsettling visual language, Spratley exposes the underlying violence of toxic masculinity and the distorted structures that shape contemporary identity.
