Eat Me

Helen Chadwick (1953 - 1996)

Leeds Art Gallery

1991

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.

• Medium: cibachrome & glass & aluminium
• Dimensions: 3 pieces at 53 x 90 x 15cm, 1 piece at 76 x 47 x 1cm
• Art Fund Grant: £9000 ( Total: £18,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Zelda Cheatle Gallery

Provenance

Artist's estate; Zelda Cheatle Gallery.

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