Eat Me
Artist: Helen Chadwick (1953 - 1996)
Location: Leeds Art Gallery
Date: 1991
Materials: cibachrome & glass & aluminium
Dimensions: 3 pieces at 53 x 90 x 15cm, 1 piece at 76 x 47 x 1cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £9,000 (Total: £18,000)
Vendor: Zelda Cheatle Gallery
Review number: 5261 (2003)
Provenance:
Artist's estate; Zelda Cheatle Gallery.
Description:
Three elliptical-shaped light boxes arranged in a line. Each has a photograph of a circle of bluebells with a black liquid in the centre, made to resemble an eye. An additional light box is suspended approximatley 1.5m above and at right-angles. This is covered by a photograph of yellow petals with a raw oyster in its shell at the centre. The lightboxes are intended to give life to the inanimate images. Animal and vegetable material are used in many of the artist's works.
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