Cathy Wilkes

Untitled

Maker

Cathy Wilkes (Irish, b.1967)

Title

Untitled

Year

2008

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

metal, latex, stoneware

Supports

Dimensions

80 x 100 cm (31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art

Object Number

2008.40

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Made in the UK
Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection
Sep 23, 2011 – Jan 08, 2012
Nature/Artifice
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Apr 25, 2009 – Feb 28, 2010

Label copy

Cathy Wilkes uses found materials to create highly personal and enigmatic assemblages. Here, the china saucer, dried rosebuds strung on heart-shaped wires, ghostly latex cast of a racquet belonging to her son, and stain on the linen ground suggest a readymade version of a traditional still life. The natural and fabricated elements imply a symbolic narrative reflecting Wilkes’s intimate experiences as a woman and a mother.

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Tombstone

Cathy Wilkes (Irish, b.1967)
Untitled, 2008
Linen, latex, china saucer, rosebuds, and wire
80 x 100 cm (31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches)
Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art 2008.40

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