Andrew Shillam - Mr Norris Changes Trains

Mr Norris Changes Trains
Acrylic on board
25cm x 20cm
Ref. 53856

Andrew Shillam's "Mr Norris Changes Trains" translates literary narrative into abstract visual form, referencing Christopher Isherwood's modernist novel through contemporary artistic language. The composition incorporates architectural planning elements alongside an animal sculpture, creating a dialogue between textual source, spatial organization, and three-dimensional form. Shillam's abstract approach dissolves literal representation, instead suggesting the psychological and emotional terrain of Isherwood's Berlin narrative through formal relationships and compositional tension. The inclusion of planning drawings and sculptural elements transforms the work into a meditation on how literature inhabits space, how characters navigate constructed environments, and how narrative translates across different artistic mediums. A sophisticated engagement with literary modernism rendered through visual abstraction.