Mason Newman | The Depressed Generation | Diazepam Piercing Blue Eyes Townley's mixed-media surface — built

Townley's mixed-media surface — built up in layers

the twenty-first portrait in a sequence that builds its meaning cumulatively

rendered in cobalt and electric blue tones with the mixed media richness that characterises his best work

The signed limited edition carries both aesthetic quality and historical significance

Mason Newman | The Depressed Generation | Diazepam Piercing Blue Eyes Townley's mixed-media surface — builtMason Newman (b. 2000) The Depressed Generation Diazepam Original Diazepam the generic name for Valium, the same molecule stripped of its brand identity and returned to its chemical designation is Valium without the cultural mythology, the pharmaceutical without the packaging. Newman's decision to name the drug by its generic name rather than its brand name is itself a formal decision: it removes the layer of commercial presentation and confronts the