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Nicholas Crombach Fetch (2018) 134 x 40 x 206 cms
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Nicholas Crombach The end of the Chase
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Nicholas Crombach Diana and Acteon
Exhibition
Nicholas Crombach The End of the Chase
3 May 2018 – 30 Jun 2018
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Address
- 6D Sheep Lane
- London
England - E8 4QS
- United Kingdom
Crombach has created a series works that examine the cultural significance and the complex issues percolating around hunting and sporting traditions in the 21st century.
About
Crombach’s Fetch (2018) refers to the mythology of Diana and Actaeon as he transforms the lofty and classical story of metamorphoses into a game of fetch in the local park, constructed on a grand scale. In Fetch (2018), Crombach creates a hybrid between the art historical imagery from paintings of hounds hunting stags with the flashy colours and synthetic materials of modern day dog chew toys. The sculpture is displayed alongside a variety of chew toys that act as an index for the sculptures interpretation, some transformed into porcelain that has been marked with the aristocratic hunting motifs found on antique English pottery. Here, the assembly of works create a conversation on the blurred boundaries between: histories of domestication, the working relationships we have with animals, contemporary issues of hunting as “play”, tradition and survival.
