Smokescreen

2025

Coloured pencil, ballpoint pen on paper

72 x 41.5 cm

 

smoke*screen** (sməʊk.skriːn) n. 1. Mil. cloud of smoke produced to obscure movements 2. something said or done to conceal truth

*smoke (sməʊk) n. 1. cloudy mass of suspended particles that rises from fire or anything burning 2. spell of tobacco smoking —vi. 3. give off smoke 4. inhale and expel tobacco smoke —vt. 5. use (tobacco) by smoking 6. expose to smoke

**screen (skriːn) n. 1. device to shelter from heat, light, draught, observation etc. 2. anything used for such purpose 3. mesh over doors, windows to keep out insects 4. white or silvered surface on which photographic images are projected 5. windscreen 6. wooden or stone partition in church —vt. 7. shelter, hide 8. protect from detection 9. show (film) 10. scrutinise 11. examine (group of people) for presence of disease, weapons etc. 12. examine for political motives 13. Elec. protect from stray electric or magnetic fields