The Beauty Of Rotting Fruit And A Taxidermied Crow

Claire Morgan originally from Belfast got a first class degree in Sculpture from Ulster and Northumbria University.

Claire has made her career as a visual artist, with exhibits across the UK as well as internationally. She developed an interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials.

It is this fascnination that makes the foundation for her sculptural taxidermy installations.

The following installation, fluid for Northumbria University in an exhibition called Building With Colour uses hundreds of strawberries and a taxidermied crow.

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Morgan’s sculptural material is ordinary, familiar and everyday, but is transfigured through the rigor of formal composition into becoming resonant with a mysterious melancholic power that allows it to be unfamiliar to us again.”
(Darren Ambrose, Lecturer in Art Theory, Birmingham City University, 2007)

http://www.claire-morgan.co.uk/

Published on May 10, 2009 12:23 am.
Filed under: art, featured

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xiaofengzi says:

May 10, 2009 at 12:31 am

poor crow, interesting action refrigeration

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tomagotchi says:

May 11, 2009 at 3:06 am

can’t wait to see what this piece turns into over the next few weeks. great idea.

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selling art online says:

September 17, 2009 at 11:50 pm

Thats’ is going to be messey!!

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ayesha says:

February 14, 2010 at 5:59 pm

lovely, love how the fruit is suspended in mid air, giving a sense of movement, looks like a photo, very nice.

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March 1, 2010 at 10:59 pm

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