Memento Mori
£40.00
Artist: Rebecca Hiscocks
Title: Momento Mori
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 420 mm x 600 mm
Medium: Screenprint with gold leaf and hand drawn detail on 300gsm cartridge paper
Edition Size: 25
Description:
Rebecca Hiscocks finds inspiration in the bizarre and the macabre, her intricate and detailed compositions reflect London's uncanny and unusual past. Through a fascination of the internal workings of the body she has recently been researching stories about St Bartholomews and St Thomas hospitals, looking closely at the 18th century etchings of anatomical pioneer William Cheselden in order to inform her visual narrative.
Rebecca uses a combination of architectural decoration and a muted pallet in order to create a softness and beauty as a contrast to the invasiveness of surgery.
Rebecca recently graduated from the University of the Arts, London with an MA in Illustration. She is currently based in London and has been lecturing in illustration and print since 2001. She is currently working with the Wellcome Collection, creating votive paintings in the form of illustrations for members of the public who wish to give thanks to people who have averted disaster in their lives.