The Butterfly Collection

The Butterfly Collection is a series of prints on the colour plates from a book on butterflies. The images for the mono prints are taken from newspapers. The work draws a parallel between our relationship with media images (and their accompanying stories) and the questionable activity of collecting, categorizing and displaying of butterflies.

Arthur Scargill -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Ballot Box -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Honeymoon is Over -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Brute Force
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Burning -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

NBC News -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Children Fill Cans -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Collumbine -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Echoes Down the Years -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Equal Pay -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Ever Present Reminder -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Flood -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Hirst -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Karen Aim -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Library -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Looter -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Looting -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Madeleine -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Marilyn -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Mind Games -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Oil Prices -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Pain -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Protestg -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Savill -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

ship yard strike -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Talks -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Taliban -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Yemeni Midwives -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009

Young Actavist -
The Butterfly Collection Series, ink on paper, 26cm x 20cm, 2009
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