{"product_id":"childhood-interrupted","title":"CHILDHOOD INTERRUPTED","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCHILDHOOD, INTERRUPTED\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic, spray paint and mixed media on handmade distressed canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of the deepest wounds don’t come from what happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey come from what changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildhood, Interrupted explores the collision between innocence and experience. The familiar cartoon characters that once represented safety, imagination and escape are layered beneath graffiti, fractured surfaces and deliberate destruction—symbols of a childhood that can never be returned to exactly as it was.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery tear is intentional.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery exposed layer reveals another story beneath the surface, reminding us that our lives are never made from a single chapter. What appears damaged isn’t broken—it has simply lived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work asks us to reconsider nostalgia. We often remember childhood through softened edges, forgetting that even our earliest years shaped the people we would become. The canvas carries those contradictions: playfulness and pain, humour and survival, innocence and resilience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause even after everything life paints over us…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomething essential remains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal artwork by Bo Wilde.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic, spray paint and mixed media on handmade distressed canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bo Wilde ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720533901607,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/5211\/3703\/files\/C5B2E848-4129-4D43-9044-D29443B87E89.jpg?v=1785182412","url":"https:\/\/bowildegallery.online\/products\/childhood-interrupted","provider":"Bo Wilde ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}