Still Life No. 1
2017
Photography
50 x 40 cm.
Edition of 50
Unframed
€175
Still Life No. 9
2017
Photography
50 x 40 cm.
Edition of 50
Unframed
€175
Still Life aims to question and play upon Victorian notions of classification, specimens, analysis and vitrine display. The chicken in the photograph was bred purely for show creating a tension between an individual living creature and an example of human conceptions of an idealised type. The camera’s ability to freeze the image creates the superficial appearance of a taxidermied animal situated in a curio cabinet. Some of the chickens in the series are presented in correct poses according to the requirements of poultry shows. While others have deviated from the set standards displaying their natural tendency to ‘misbehave’ and/or react to unconventional backgrounds or the presence of inanimate objects.
About the Artist
Terence Wright is an Emeritus Professor at Ulster University, where he was Professor of Visual Arts and Course Director for the MFA Photography programmme. Last year, his exhibition The Home Front was shown at the Avery‐Winkler Artway, University of Texas and the Minneapolis Convention Center. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions and worked as a freelance photographer for BBC News and Current Affairs, amongst many others. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge University (2008) and Visiting Scholar/Artist at The Institute of Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (2012 & 2015). His The Home Front exhibition will be shown at Place Gallery, Belfast in November 2017.