The genre of still life painting which this series alludes to often characterised the birds as food for the table or as protagonists in a moralising narrative.
in these four photographs, dead birds are placed in front of reproductions of paintings and lit so that they appear to occupy a shared illusory space
Still Life with a Woodcock
still life with a jay
still life with a linnet
still life with a blackbird
The genre of still life painting which this series alludes to often characterised the birds as food for the table or as protagonists in a moralising narrative.