Horatio's Garden Charity Auction of Modern Art - 15th May 2021
Lot 60
Sarah Maple (b.1985)
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
Sarah Maple (b.1985)
Cutouts No. 4
Signed
Photo collage, 2020
56 x 50cm (including frame)
From a series of collages called Female Cutouts.
Sarah Maple is known for her bold, witty, and occasionally controversial practice. She works in a wide variety of media (including painting, photography, sculpture, collage, and video) that challenge notions of identity, religion, feminism, violence, freedom of expression and the status quo. Much of Sarah's inspiration originates from her mixed religious and cultural upbringing in the 1980's in Britain and she often employs self-portraiture, alongside her guerrilla-style performances, as a vehicle for her narrative.
Her recent practice has focused on the disturbing parallels between the political climate in the US and the UK looking at themes of fear, division, toxic masculinity, and xenophobia.
Sarah often references the work of other artists in her own, especially the YBA sharp humour and satirical eye.
Sarah Maple (b. 1985) graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Kingston University, London, in 2007. Recent solo exhibitions were held at: The Untitled Space, New York (2019); New Art Exchange, Nottingham (2017); Cob Gallery, London (2015). She has been awarded the New Sensation Art Prize in 2007 and was recently commissioned new work by The Baltic, Imago Mundi and Sky Arts.