Renditions/ Replicas — Laura Skehan

Renditions/Replicas (2021)
Resin, organic/manmade lichen, lightbox.
0.3 x 0.3m

Renditions/Replicas are a group small resin and lichen crystal sculptures displayed on a lightbox. The work explores the politics of the process of collecting and extracting material and specimens from the natural world, utilises archival and display methods used in conchological and botanic collections to discuss colonialism, ritual, identity, patriarchy and class that are associated with human engagement with the natural world.

Exhibited at A Future Distant Memory Calls at Roscommon Arts Centre (2023).