Sivatherium Shroud 2, acrylic on paper, 17″ x 13.5″
Mammoth Shroud 1, acrylic on paper, 14″ x 11″
Mammoth Shroud 2, acrylic on paper, 14″ x 11″
Mammoth Shroud 4, acrylic on paper, 11″ x 14″
Sivatherium Shroud 1, acrylic on paper, 14″ x 11″
Smildon Shroud 2, acrylic on paper, 17″ x 13.5″
The Shrouds draw inspiration from the Shroud of Turin – that relic which ostensibly records the moment Christ de-extincted Himself in a flash of brilliant light, mysteriously searing an image into the cloth. In painting terms I see them as resonant with Warhol’s Rorschach prints and the stain painting technique of Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis.
Selection of Shrouds at Somos, Berlin as part of the Transient Transgressions exhibit, 2015.