Untitled
About this artwork
This is an image of the artist’s son surrounded by discarded crisp packets and drink cans. Looking like a Dickensian street-urchin cast into a distinctly contemporary era, the print reflects Collishaw’s interest in Victorian art and values. Although the boy’s pose is influenced by sentimental Victorian art, the shiny material on which the image is printed gives the work an aspect of modern kitsch. This work is from a portfolio of prints by eleven different London-based artists, called ‘Screen’. The title is taken from the screenprint technique but also refers to the fact that most of the artists had worked with film or photography.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Mat CollishawEnglish (born 1966)
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title:Untitled
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date created:1997
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materials:Screenprint on 175 micron Melinex polyester board: 9 screens, no varnish
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measurements:Image and paper size: 85.90 x 57.20 cm (framed: 117.00 x 86.40 x 2.80 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1998
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accession number:GMA 4200 C
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Mat Collishaw
Mat Collishaw
Mat Collishaw’s work deals with themes of representation and illusion, often through the combination of different types of media. For example, his projections of video onto three-dimensional objects such as a bird onto a bell jar. Collishaw’s subject matter merges the beautiful with the disturbing...