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'The Fast Supper' (2006)

'The Fast Supper' by Abigail Fallis
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20" x 10"

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'The Fast Supper' (2006)

Steel wire, newspaper mache


13 pairs of papier mache hands, each holding papier mache foodstuffs:

Jesus: Fish


Saint Thomas: Donner Kebab


Saint James The Greater: Hot Dog


Saint Phillip: Wine and Cigarettes


Saint Matthew: Wine and Cigarettes


Saint Jude: Crisps and Ham Sandwich


Simon the Zealot: Fish and Chips


John: Water


Saint Peter: Fried Chicken


Judas Iscariot: McDonalds meal


Saint Andrew: Burger


James the Less: Crisps


Saint Bartholomew: Pizza


 


Each hand measures 10 x 20 inches, more images are available on request.


 


 


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Abigail Fallis

1968

Abigail Fallis

Abigail Fallis studied silversmithing and metalwork at Camberwell College of Arts, London. Working with a variety of media – perhaps the strangest being fish skeleton sculptures, coated in silver and bronze – the artist combines the unusual beauty of her work with a subtle comment on man’s meddling with nature. She has shown consistently since graduating and has been featured on C4’s The Big Breakfast and BBC2’s New Brit, in which her sculpture Cock Eyed Jack – a pair of framed union jack pants – provided a sardonic comment on the blatant spin doctoring of Cool Britannia.

Fallis has exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Reykjavik Museum.

Despite the humour in Abigail’s creations – which include the wittily entitled In Cod We Trust and Only Here for the Halibut - Fallis has serious concerns about 21st century over-consumption, and even has an active relationship with Greenpeace.

Fallis' DNA DL90, a sculpture made from supermarket shopping trolleys, is on show at Newcastle upon Tyne's Forth Square until 2014. The artist comments, 'shopping trolleys are everywhere, and have become a real symbol of modern society and today's consumer culture'. Her sculpture also alludes to scientific investigations into the designer baby, and the lengths society is prepared to go to ensure a perfect specimen.

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