Gilbert McCarragher
Photographer

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022

I am honoured to have had my work selected by the coordinator and curator of the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2022, Professor Alison Wilding OBE RA, on the theme of climate in all manifestations, whether it presents as crisis or opportunity, nightmare or memories, or simply our everyday experience of weather.

Prospect Cottage Watering Cans 1

‘Watering cans 1’ is part of a series of works I developed which incorporate garden implements from Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage. The desiccation of the near-desert environment in which the watering can was used is borne out by the worn, scorched and rusted markings present on the watering can’s head. Photographed front on, the can’s head hangs in space like the earth, giving a global perspective to issues of water scarcity and the deepening climate crisis.

Photograph.

Framed 80 x 80 x 3 cm.

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