Niamh Coutts: Curios

Niamh Coutts: CuriosNiamh Coutts practice examines the misconception that humans, nonhumans and the environment are distinct entities and explores how pedagogic institutions, such as natural history collections, can influence cultural ethos. Niamhs practice rejects anthropocentric agency by creating objects and prints, curated to suggest the interconnectedness of humans as a species, and nonhumans. Imagery, curated through cultural and ecological networks, is depicted as

all resplendent in patterned finery and accompanied by birds and small cat-like animals

The explosion in the background elaborates this dichotomy and can be read as either the ‘big bang’ or a burst of celestial light

Adam Bridgland lives and works in London

Medium: 3 plate etching with pochoir

Having enjoyed a long career teaching art and design

his works are visually striking with a mischievously twisted sense of humour

subsequently reworked into a T-shirt design in collaboration with Julián Ruesga

Her scandalous life has been the subject of a famous court case as well as an opera

I then made many screenprints with Arthur Watson who was the Director at this time

Produced by Peacock Design and Letterpress Team: Neil Corall (concept

4 x 42 cmMedium: ScreenprintEdition Size: 2Year: 2022

she will photograph her subject matter and often make sketches and small paintings in her cabin in which form the inception of her larger works on her return