other elements to them. These would be neon dots (which would eventually become something of a calling card), splatters of lacquer paint in neon colour, overlaying images he would pick (nudes, "church ladies", popular logos) in order to elaborate on issues surrounding land, contestation and desire in his own time, post-Pierneef and post-apartheid. The Pierneef series has seen iterations in various media, finding itself translated into print media as well as in his collaborations with the Qubeka Bead Studio in Cape Town. Barker remains a prolific and active figure in the South African contemporary art sphere, exhibiting regularly with high-profile galleries as well as newer, up and coming ones. In addition to Super Boring (2010), a large scale retrospective of his work at the Standard Bank Galleries in Johannesburg and Polokwane as well as the SMAC Gallery in Cape Town, Barker has had two recent large scale exhibitions of new work at the CIRCA Gallery in Johannesburg. Normal Man (2015) was largely well received by the public and critically. His most recent exhibition, The World that Changed the Image (2016), shown at the Everard Read Contemporary Gallery in Johannesburg, consisted mainly of new works in the medium of screen-printing which Barker had resolved to learn on a recent trip to New York on which he had met a master screen printer. Upon his return to Johannesburg, he purchased all the equipment to establish a functioning screen-printing studio and learnt the medium. All the print works featured in the show were printed in Barker's own studio largely on his own with the help of an assistant. Personal life Barker lives and works out of his studio in Troyeville, Johannesburg with his wife. He has lived in the area for several years, earning him the affectionate title "the Mayor of Troyeville". He has two daughters. Selected exhibitions, collections and bibliography Solo 2016 - The World that Changed the Image, Everard Read Contemporary Gallery, Johannesburg 2015 - Normal Man, CIRCA Gallery, Johannesburg 2012 - Love Land, CIRCA Gallery, Johannesburg 2010 Super Boring, SMAC Art Gallery, Stellenbosch Super Boring, Standard Bank, Polokwane Super Boring, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg 2008 - Heal, UCA gallery, Cape Town 2005 - Land and Desire, Gerard Sekoto Gallery, Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg 2003 - Lovers and Gurus, Contemporary Art Space, Caen, France 2002 - ITS ALL GOOD, Crosspath Culture, New York. 2001 - Two Cousins, Fig Gallery, London 1999 -