paul kilsby

nature morte

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 Woodcock

 
 
still life with a jay

still life with a jay

 
still life with a linnet

still life with a linnet

 
still life with a blackbird

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.