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

24.5 x 17cm

Paper, PVA, thread

Hand-stitched collage, intended for my recent exhibition at the Barbican Library in London, but unfinished at the time of installation. 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 - see below) into a collage.

‘Giovanni Pisano, Pulpit (1301), S. Andrea, Pistoia (detail)’.

Ned Beatty, John Voight and Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward in Deliverance, 1972. Directed by John Boorman. Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond. Unfinished at the time of the Barbican Library exhibition.

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

Copyright: Alison Aye, 2025.