Metastases from a Malignant Melanoma

© Mat Collishaw. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.

METASTASES FROM A MALIGNENT MELANOMA 1996

Mat Collishaw (1966 – )

Details

Dimension
50 X 50 X 10 CM
Media
LIGHTBOX WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCY
Accession number
P6623

Summary

The Infectious Flowersseries of lightboxes contain photographic images of particularly luscious looking flowers. On first encounter we are struck by their exquisite colours and shapes, formed by nature and enhanced by the technology of the medium. But closer inspection reveals their imperfections. The petals are not perfectly formed – areas are ravaged by, and almost pulsated, with disease. The titles identify not the exact species of flora but the cause of their disfigurement – infection by some nature’s cruellest cancers.

Dimensions Variable New Works for the British Council Collection, The British Council 1997