The Object Is Not Important As Long As There Is
watercolour, gouache, paper, mount board, corrugated cardboard, polyurethane moulding, fun fur. (detail)

Referencing 17th century collections such as Ferrante Imperato’s, this work recreates a faux cabinet of curiosities on the ceiling of the gallery. Detailed watercolours sample the collections of several Scottish museums creating a trompe l’oeil of cut-out watercolours. Arranged between dado rails laid out in a crazy paving pattern, the paintings are apparently grouped by theme. However the subject matters are often not what they seem, creating a clash of cultures and content.
Rock Ridge: Artefacts of Artifice, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh.