May 2012

There are so many events happening in the UK this year. We are pleased with how our Olympics themed exhibition has turned out and how it is being received by visitors. Another event which you can't miss this year is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. We have been looking through our collection to see what...

MoDiP has a taster case filled with memorabilia for the London 2012 Olympic games some of which includes depictions of the mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville. Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Untitled (2012) mixed media A personal archive of objects and photographs relating to my Jewish and German heritage were my starting point. Charged with memories, and both personal and cultural associations. How should these artifacts be preserved? How could they be displayed without diminishing...

The most viewed piece of non-art exhibited worldwide.

Untitled (2012) Plastic picnicware The conventions of the museum are such that whether an artifact is a commercially produced plastic picnic cup or a rare Ming vase it will receive the same treatment. It may be displayed in a vitrine, its provenance described and taxonomy established alongside other...

Untitled (2012) Chicks and resin I am interested in the idea of the museum and its reflection on human nature and our desire to accumulate, protect and preserve, not only artifacts but life. Natural History collections traditionally employed taxidermy to preserve animals and present them in a...

Meta work (2012) Household gloss paint I am currently exploring the idea of Abstract Art work being 'meta-work' (a work about that work that represents itself, the process of its creation or materiality, the convention of art, or the gallery where it’s hung). An object removed from the everyday and...

Untitled (2012) Baby doll and toy soldiers I focused on the idea of creating a visual juxtaposition between the modern toy soldiers made from readily available, cheap plastic and the valuable late 1940s Pedigree doll made from hard plastic. I constructed a scenario, much like a child would during...

Sunny Side Up (2012) Lego fried in mineral oil Frying the Lego has destroyed the object's foundations. It is now in a transitional state, the egg may be seen to be either forming out of a mould into building blocks or on the contrary melting back into its original liquid state. There is a...

Self portrait (head removed) (2012) and Relic of middle child’s hand (2011) wire, homemade playdough, wax, marbles, acrylic paint, dead foliage, wood, homemade playdough (flour, wax, water, p.v.a., talk, baby milk), wine gum and staples. This piece was inspired by St. Theresa’s arm. A 16th century...