Mat Collishaw Black Mirror

Collishaw took the original image from a pathology textbook that actually showed a wound caused by an ice pick.

Mat collishaw black mirror. Last meal on death row 2 900 00. Collishaw employs the same the visual language to present his serene images of the mothers with their children echoing the potent religious symbolism of the madonna and child. His best known work is bullet hole 1988 which is a closeup photo of what appears to be a bullet hole wound in the scalp of a person s head mounted on 15 light boxes. Galleria borghese rome october 8th 2014 january 11th 2015 www galleriaborghese it.

What can we see at your latest exhibition. Anna coliva valentina ciarallo andrew graham dixon edited designed and published by nero isbn. Bullet hole was originally exhibited in freeze the group show. Black mirror mat collishaw s exhibition is part of contemporary assignments a project carried on in the last years at galleria borghese as part of the great shows series of programs dieci grandi mostre.

Sign up to the mailing list. The united kingdom s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. The machine zone 2019. Collishaw has made no secret of his fascination with caravaggio s dramatic use of chiaroscuro and caravaggio s paintings are subtly animated and re presented in.

Mat collishaw is a key figure in the important generation of british artists who emerged from goldsmith s college in the late 1980s. British artist mat collishaw has an exhibition at rome s galleria borghese one of the most famous galleries in the world. The exhibition black mirror engages with italian masters caravaggio and scarsella collishaw describes the concept behind the show and how his ideas develop. Mixed media 2014 250cm x 130cm x 35cm.