Iris Scott
If These Walls Could Squawk, 2020
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 45.7 cm
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A luxurious Hornbill sits among invented flowers evoking cherry blossoms. Inspired by over-the-top vintage wallpaper, the background provides a stark contrast for the bird’s almost psychotic red eye. Luxury and...
A luxurious Hornbill sits among invented flowers evoking cherry blossoms. Inspired by over-the-top vintage wallpaper, the background provides a stark contrast for the bird’s almost psychotic red eye. Luxury and hyperbole play between the bird’s extravagant beak and the wall-papery background that create an almost hilarious tension between sobriety and excess. The source photography for this arresting image is by Peggy Burnet.
Provenance
Primary market artwork directly from the artistExhibitions
Iris Scott: The Big Wonderful, Artsy online exclusive May 27 – June 30 2020Literature
Iris Scott’s The Big Wonderful, by Vittoria Benzine, Noah Becker’s Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 2020Join our mailing list
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