Stuart Harry Taylor Devon, United Kingdom
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(BA Fine Art Solent Uni 94) To realise spiritual identity vis-a-vis with our attempts to codify life. Acts17:28 Archive/recent work/life writing/ideas

“Seeing comes before words”. John Berger ‘Ways Of Seeing’

Stuart’s work humorously explores the frailty of language and our corresponding attempts to label, codify or categorise things at the Altar of the Golden Calf called ‘Identity’ - particularly as we age in life and try to form personal narratives of meaning and value with the shifting sands of time.

His art pieces point towards calculated intervention, the sourcing and collecting of certain materials, the act of making and subsequent completion within the gaze of surveillance-referencing societal systems of power and control. Labels, receipts, times, dates, places and ‘found objects’ find a place within his collections as he tries to come to terms with life.

His motive as a practitioner is visual ‘life writing’ using things collected of personal value. The objects are personal but presented de-personally allowing the viewer to form narratives of interest to make the art pieces personal to them likewise. He gives a majority of his art pieces banal and seemingly obvious titles however his intention is to allow the viewer to question their experience between what they see and what they know, or rather, to imply what they might not know, suggesting veils of secrecy, encryption and agendas within the gaze of power. The titles simply reinforce his intention to present the viewer with a choice to either engage and question or to dismiss Stuart’s perspective. A dismissal is just as valued as an engagement within the exposure of experience as this alludes (he feels) to the actual subject matter of power and it’s impenetrability, its coercive protocols and judgements, which typify government and corporate institutions, a frustrating experience to the ‘enquiring many’ who are denied due to compliance yet illuminating to the disciplined, the selected few, the initiated and the bestowed.

Stuart’s intention is to objectively and carefully sidestep the ‘tractor beam’ of the subject matter’s character and its disempowering effects by humorously presenting his utmost personal and trivial. ‘I suppose it’s my way of inverting these man made systems for my own purposes, but hopefully not too indulgently as I wish to signpost for others that life does matter and documenting it via note taking, sketching, photography etc is a powerful and meaningful act within a society that continually vacillates its surveillance around public and private restrictions.’

‘I understand the paradox of wanting control and its vapid hopelessness. Power corrupts. Human beings traditionally make a bad job of it due to its divisiveness with countless tragic examples to refer to and are still repeating this anachronism in this ever growing technocratic global regime.’

‘Irony ( rather than protest ) is something I treasure, a clever device due to its elusiveness to ‘unpick’ agendas and hint towards truthfulness particularly when I research into the establishment which historically was determined by the whims of the unaccountable wealthy and influential, who likewise behaved sovereignly in wider society, writing the history books to produce a narrative that suited them while using the nation state and its fabricated identity as a ruse. Fine Art’s emergence of course was fair game too and still is exploited as a Trojan Horse for the establishment’s purposes whether it be propaganda or controlled opposition. Moreover on a more universal level I struggle with the futility of man made fictions of alphabets, numbers, symbols and words which actually have no origin in nature. I see language within science and culture having become highly politicised, particularly academic medicine, which historically has been the most important pillar of support to all dictatorships and governments that don’t want to submit to human rights and ultimately to the democratically legitimized social contract.

Consequently I now strive with a passion to respond to the world I see before me and look to inhabit’ he says.

To quote Marcel Duchamp - ‘It’s true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That’s the only reason for living, in fact.’

All feedback is greatly appreciated as I seek to support and learn from other researchers within the sociopolitical spectrum.

With enthusiasm Stuart

Stuart Harry Taylor 2021

Artwork

Titled ‘Landscape Art’, Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘I say, I say, I say’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ’DNR’ , Glass tile print, 2021

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Titled ‘Here They Come’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Guff’, Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Impressionist Art’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Abstract Art’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Following The Data’ , 2021

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Titled ’Pop Art’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Plausible Deniability’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ , Laser jet print on tile, 2021

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Titled ‘Don’t Kill Granny’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Whitty Said’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘It’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Midazolam’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Vaccine’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Democide’ , Digital Image, 2021

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Titled ‘Truth’ - central heating for artists 1988’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Mel Isolated’, Digital Image, 2021

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Titled ‘SARS-Cov-2’ , Inkjet on canvas, 2021

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Titled ‘Baptism’ , 2021

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Titled ‘Prayer’ , Digital Image, 2021

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Titled ‘Church: When The Fun Stops Stop’, Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Art: You Got To Laugh’ , Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Rory McIIroy ’, Digital Image, 2021

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Titled ‘Boris Johnson ’, Digital Image , 2021

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Titled ‘Barbara Cartland’, Digital Image, 2021

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Titled ‘Pavement Art’ , 2021

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Titled ‘Installation Art’, Photograph , 2021

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Titled ‘Blue Sky Thinking’ , Photograph , 2021

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Titled ‘Robyn Denny’ , 2021

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Lost Cat, Photograph , 2021

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Glynn Valley, Photograph , 2021

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Gift Bag, Photograph , 2021

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Titled ‘Atrium’ , Photograph , 2021

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Great Weather For Take Aways , Photograph , 2021

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Titled ‘A Bucket Full Of Barcodes’ , 2021

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Titled ‘A Snail’s Progress’ 2021 , Photograph , 2021

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Dirty Water , Inkjet on canvas , 2021

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Instagram Saved My Art Life, Inkjet on canvas , 2021

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Prince, Digital Image , 2021

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Toyah, Digital Image , 2021

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Terrible Word, Digital Image , 2021

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Marilyn Monroe, Digital Image , 2021

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Graduation Day 1994, Digital Image , 2021

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Ryan Giggs, Digital Image , 2021

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Unfriend, Digital Image , 2021

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The Artist with his late Uncle and Aunt 2003, Digital Image , 2021

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Shit Features with his Family 1983, Digital Image , 2021

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The Artist at Stoke Gabriel 1995, Digital Image , 2021

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The Artist as a Working Class Preacher 1996, Digital Image , 2021

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On The Beach 28.08.10, Digital Image , 2021

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The Grace of God, Digital Image , 2021

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Anti Body Dependency Enhancement, Digital Image , 2021

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Stupid Law - (Tyranny’s response to Tyranny), Digital Image , 2021

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SARS-Cov-2, Digital Image , 2021

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Cytokine Storm , Digital Image , 2021

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The Great Reset, Digital Image , 2021

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Untitled, Ink and label on canvas , 2021

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Oh, 2021

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Impressionism, Photograph, 2021

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Duntulm Viewpoint, Isle Of Skye, 2021 , 2021

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Colour Theory, Digital Image , 2021

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A Dog Named Chester , Ink and label on canvas , 2021

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Trace, Label and stain on paper , 2021

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Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Acrylic, emulsion and label on canvas , 2021

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The Artist’s Hand, Label and stain on paper, 2021

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The Artist’s I, Label and stain on paper, 2021

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With An Infrequent Barrier Storms The Afternoon God, Ink and label on canvas , 2021

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When Can The Revolutionary Rest? , Ink and label on canvas , 2021

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Password, Photograph , 2021

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A Standpoint Escapes, Ink and label on canvas , 2021

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Alphabet/Alphabot, Digital Image, 2021

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They Came With Their Trickery, 2021

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Stupid Word, Digital Image, 2021

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Stupid Number, Digital Image , 2021

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The Realized Nonsense Modifies A Centre, Acrylic and glue on canvas, 2021

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Damien Hirst’s Dead, Digital Image , 2021

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Scripture Re-isolated, Photograph , 2021

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View Of Age U.K. Shop Interior in Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon TQ4 6AA 30.04.2021, Photograph , 2021

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Artist Blood , Photograph , 2021

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Blowing My Candles Out , Photograph , 2021

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Beneath The Constituent Overflows The Drained Object, Digital Image , 2021

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My Cup of Tea’ 2021, Photograph , 2021

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The Definite Friend Bends The Dashed Northern, Digital Image , 2021

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They Got There Early and They Got Really Good Seats, Photograph , 2021

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How Will The Handed Comfort Shy Away?, Photograph , 2021

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A Muddle Acts Around A Mate , Photograph , 2021

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Confessional (An Homage to Michel Foucault), Inkjet on glass , 2021

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Taking A Line For A Walk, Photograph , 2021

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Taking A Line For A Walk, Photograph , 2021

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The Artist as the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie), Photograph , 2021

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The Artist as a Vandal 1987, Photograph , 2021

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Blue Bells , Photograph , 2021

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Grass, Photograph , 2021

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To Infinity and Beyond, Photograph , 2021

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The Artist as Andy Warhol, Photograph , 2021

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The Artist as Andy Warhol, Photograph , 2021

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The Artist as Gavin Turk, Photograph , 2021

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Variant, Barcode labels on card , 2021

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John Berger, Photograph , 2011

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The Artist As An Elderly Man in the 1940’s, Photograph , 2021

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Sabria and Avril, Photograph , 2021

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Professor Dolores Cahill, Photograph , 2021

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Happy Earth Day, Photograph , 2021

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Newton Abbot , Photograph , 2021

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Michael O’ Bernicia, Photograph , 2021

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Whitewash, Photograph , 2021

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Dr Judy Mikovits, Photograph , 2021

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Dr Tom Cowan, Photograph, 2021

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Dr Stefan Lanka, Photograph , 2021

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Bean Bag, Photograph , 2021

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‘I can hear the blackbirds this morning’ , Photograph , 2021

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Mouse Trap , Photograph , 2021

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Ice Ice Baby , Photograph , 2021

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Fiction vs Nature , Photograph , 2021

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Elissa and Amelia , Photograph , 2021

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Sturcombe Ave, Photograph , 2021

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Balls , Photograph , 2021

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Mr and Mrs Taylor 22.05.99 , Photograph , 2021

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Kiss 1995 , Photograph , 2021

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“She Said Yes” 1998 , Photograph , 2021

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Can You Feel The Earth Rotate At A 1000MPH ?, Spray paint and emulsion on a wall , 2011

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Apollo 11, Photograph , 2021

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My Sleeping Bag , Found object and ink , 1993

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‘I Etched’ , Photograph , 2021

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Union Jack, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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‘Barcodes ( a homage to Johns )’, Digitised Print, 2021

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The Artist’s Baptism 1995, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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Mel, Roy, Graham and Dave , Digitised Photograph , 2021

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Mel,Roy and Graham , Digitised Photograph , 2021

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The Artist as an Under Graduate 1993, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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The Artist with his Mother at The Taj Mahal 1994, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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Self Portrait No.2, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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In The Church, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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In The Garden ( monochrome ), Digitised Photograph , 2021

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In The Garden , Digitised Photograph , 2021

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Keep Off , Spray paint and emulsion on wall, 2011

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I Am, Labels, ink stain on paper, 2021

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Obsessional, Photograph , 2021

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Kindle, Photograph , 2021

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13, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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The Lodge, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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Penon De Ifach, Digitised Photograph , 2021

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Cohort , Digitised photo, 2021

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Camellia , Labels and ink on paper. , 2021

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Mel, Roy and Graham, Digitised photograph , 2021

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Meal Zero Op, Bought object and label, 2021

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loose.rubble.pets, Wallpaper, acrylic and label on canvas, 2021

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The Artist’s Mask, Disposable mask and acrylic on canvas , 2021

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God’s Voice , Wooden tiles on calico, 2021

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The Artist’s Foot Powder , Bought object and label , 2021

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A Divine Encounter on the road to Altea 2020, Postcard and label , 2021

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The Artist’s favourite book, Bought object and label , 2021

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Sanitised Art Work, Emulsion, Golden Pearl Cake Decoration (decayed), barcode label on canvas, 2021

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Words Are Spells , Spray paint, emulsion on wall, 2011

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Mr Pale Ooze, Bought object and label , 2021

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Rapture, Footwear and clothing , 2021

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Stone Walled , Emulsion and photocopy on canvas , 2021

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The Artist’s Phone, Bought object and label , 2021

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Sanitised Book, Label and book , 2021

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Covid’s Calling , Bought item and label , 2021

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Virus , Barcode labels on paper, 2021

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castle.hers.lively , Wallpaper, silicon and label on canvas, 2021

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Covid 19, Label and sealed packaging , 2021

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Covid 19, Label on canvas , 2021

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hears.shell.loose, Bought object and label , 2021

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frost.dangerously.tasty, Bought object and barcode sticker , 2021

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Mr Stuart Harry Taylor, Barcode labels on paper, 1994

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Sanitised Behind Glass, Label on card, 2021

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B, Emulsion and plastic lids on canvas, 2021

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My Unicorn Tested Positive, Foam stickers and acrylic on canvas, 2021

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Vaccine, Painted model and book, 2021

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The Artist’s Shorts , Bought object and emulsion on canvas, 2021

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Fore, Bought object, label and emulsion on canvas, 2021

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Study of the Artist’s Mother, Barcode labels on paper, 1993

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Titled ‘The Artist’s Spectacles (damaged) , Bought object with the Artist’s label. , 2021, 50

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