Rachel Ann Stevenson

RACHEL ANN STEVENSON

Rachel Ann Stevenson is a London based artist with a highly unusual technique: borrowing her materials from the past, she uses taxidermy, bronze and antique objects to sculpt small sprite-like creatures.

Reminiscent of drawings from the pages of classical literature, these fragile-boned beings are encased in airless bell-jars.

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Vulnerable as miniature circus entertainers, they might be kept under lock and key for a cruel fairy queen.

Delicate as insects in jam-jars, these b o t t l e d V i c t o r i a n f a i r i e s a re b o t h protected and imprisoned by the domed glass. This artist pulls these oddly birdlike characters straight from a dream- and your sleeping mind is the strange nest laid out on the pillow.

Loveless Bird Bronze, taxidermy and antique elements, edition of 8 58 x 24 x 14 cm

Thought & Memory Bronze, antique base, edition of 12 59 x 50 x 20 cm

A Beautiful Tragedy Bronze, taxidermy and antique elements, edition of 8 61 x 20 x 20 cm

Catcher Of The Night Bronze, taxidermy and antique elements, edition of 8 66 x 36 x 19 cm

Shadows Fade In Dying Light Bronze, taxidermy and antique base, edition of 12 91 x 25 x 18 cm

Little Lives Dream Mixed media, edition of 101 18 x 10 x 10 cm

Selected Exhibitions 2014

2013

2012

The Other Art Fair, London Saints & Sinners, The Whiskey Society Art 14, London The London Art Fair, London The Other Art Fair, London Brighton Art Fair, Brighton Lucid, Bo Lee Gallery, London Saudade, Bo Lee Gallery, London In the Flesh, Bath Affordable Art Fair, London Chelsea Art Fair, London Parallax Art Fair, Londom Bloomsbury Art Fair, London

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