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Tomb I

Artist: MacLeod, Isla · b. 1988

Tomb I

Image depicts the exterior of a tomb like structure in brown to the centre of the piece of found wood. Pencil marks signify bricks and grass on its…

Image depicts the exterior of a tomb like structure in brown to the centre of the piece of found wood. Pencil marks signify bricks and grass on its roof. The grain of the wood is clearly visible through the paper, watercolour and clay. Thread is sewn around the base and doorway of the structure before protruding and hanging down beneath the work. To the lintel of the tomb door is the visible writing on the found paper as described above. Above the tomb is a clay wash with vertical lines of text in pencil.

The artist was inspired by Tuscan tombs and circular buildings. Forms, notes and background for the work in “Acquisitions – Kinross Scholarship” file.

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