After the Plague presents a starless space where visitors may sit and reflect on recent events, especially those of 2020: fires, floods, disease.
This period heightened our awareness of how fragile and tenuous is the balance between life and death. And it showed how human nature can reveal resilience and unity. But in spite of our own efforts, Nature holds all the cards.
A year ago, we all wondered what lay ahead. Debilitation? Disfigurement? Death? This exhibition helps us to consider the existential questions “If these things had come to pass, what would I leave behind? What remains after the flesh withers?”
Our works use degraded materials that reflect the impact of time and the inevitability of mortality and decay. The works are remnants, providing a thread connecting past, present and future.
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Geoffrey Cotton, Still Life: Seeing Myself Dead, 2011-2021, lead, plaster, recycled door & chairs, tin coffin liner, image courtesy the artist.
