One-of-a-kind, original artwork, 2025.

Signed and dated.

24.5 x 17cm.

Paper, PVA, thread.

One of 84 new hand-stitched collages, made for my recent exhibition at the Barbican Library in London. I used discarded magazines and the book ‘Civilisation’ by Kenneth Clark. First published by John Murray/BBC in 1969, this edition printed in 1971. Bought for 50p from a charity shop.

That’s the book to accompany the ancient TV series, responsible for my questionable early art education (didn’t include female artists). I turned each page (along with old museum magazines, and the like) into a collage.

Piss Flowers by Helen Chadwick, 1991-2. Photo by Tate/ Seraphina Neville from the installation at Tate Modern, 2024. Cut from an article (Say it with Piss Flowers) in which Holly Connolly, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Anya Gallaccio, Sylvia Legris and Nicolas Deshayes share words of appreciation. Tate Etc, Winter 2024, Issue 64.

Price includes UK postage, and a 5% donation to Arts Emergency.

Copyright: Alison Aye, 2025.