2009-12 | Claire Morgan

Here is the End of All Things
2011; Thistle seeds, bluebottles, barn owl (taxidermy), nylon, lead, acrylic; dimensions variable
Photo: Tom Gundelwein
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Commissioned by Le Centre des Monuments Nationaux, for the exhibition Bestes, Bestiaux & Bestioles, Château d’orion, and Bêtes Off, La Conciergerie, Paris.
Pedestal
2010; Residues of the taxidermy process, pencil, watercolour on paper; 152 x 122 cm
The Birds and the Bees
2012; Honey bees, blackbirds (taxidermy), saffron plant pigment, nylon, lead, acrylic; 240 x 84 x 84 cm
Gone to Seed
2011; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 28 x 36.5cm
Down Time
2010; Jackdaw (taxidermy), strawberries, bluebottles, fruit flies, lead, nylon, acrylic; 500 x 500 x 250 cm
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Commissioned by La Casa Encendida for the exhibition on&on, curated by Olivier Varenne and Flora Fairbairn.
Speaking Volumes
2012; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 37 x 28 cm
Gone to Seed
2011; Thistle seeds, carrion crow (taxidermy), nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 240 x 180 cm
Photo: Jordan Hutchings
Exhibition view: Quietus
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, 2012
The Colossus
2012; Watercolour, pencil on paper; 30.5 x 40.6 cm
The Grass is Always Greener
2010; Squirrels (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 250 x 90 x 98 cm
Throe
2010; Residues of the taxidermy process, pencil, watercolour on paper; 122 x 157 cm
Ophelia (Wake)
2009; Duck (taxidermy), polythene, lead, nylon, acrylic; 200 x 200 x 200 cm
Over and Out
2011; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 28.5 x 21.5 cm
Nipple
2012; Thistle seeds, bluebottles, nylon, lead, acrylic; 230 x 18 x 18 cm
Under Arrest
2012; Pencil, watercolour, residues of the taxidermy process on canvas; 120 x 200 cm
Study for Throe
2010; Watercolour and pencil on paper; 37 x 28 cm
Pedestal
2011; Dandelion seeds, heron (taxidermy), nylon, lead, acrylic; 270 x 62 x 62 cm
Exhibition view: Under The Sun
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, 2011
Terminal
2012; Juvenile herring gull (taxidermy), torn polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 250 x 99 x 99 cm
A Red Sky
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 122 x 152 cm
The Beauty and the Beast
2012; Bluebottles, Morpho butterfly, nylon, lead, acrylic; 102 x 52 x 9 cm
Quietus
2012; Mixed media, residue of taxidermy process on canvas; 135 x 135 cm
Throe
2010; Two rooks (taxidermy), thistle seeds, nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 180 x 180cm
Photo: Christopher Clem Franken
Down Time
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 76 x 56.5 cm
Heart of Darkness (detail)
2012; Bluebottles, nylon, lead, acrylic; 250 x 75 x 75 cm
Gone to Seed
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 122 x 152 cm
Monumental
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 52 x 122 cm
Interference (II)
2010; Mole (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 240 x 200 cm
Wake
2010; Watercolour and pencil on paper; 77 x 56.5 cm
Study for Impact
2010; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 37 x 28 cm
The Colossus
2012; Mute swan (taxidermy), torn polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 188 x 184cm
A Part at the Seam
2009; Jackdaw (taxidermy), thistle seeds, torn black polythene, lead, nylon, acrylic; 300 x 93 x 93 cm
Exhibition view: Under The Sun
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, 2011

Here is the End of All Things
2011; Thistle seeds, bluebottles, barn owl (taxidermy), nylon, lead, acrylic; dimensions variable
Photo: Tom Gundelwein
/
Commissioned by Le Centre des Monuments Nationaux, for the exhibition Bestes, Bestiaux & Bestioles, Château d’orion, and Bêtes Off, La Conciergerie, Paris.
Pedestal
2010; Residues of the taxidermy process, pencil, watercolour on paper; 152 x 122 cm
The Birds and the Bees
2012; Honey bees, blackbirds (taxidermy), saffron plant pigment, nylon, lead, acrylic; 240 x 84 x 84 cm
Gone to Seed
2011; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 28 x 36.5cm
Down Time
2010; Jackdaw (taxidermy), strawberries, bluebottles, fruit flies, lead, nylon, acrylic; 500 x 500 x 250 cm
/
Commissioned by La Casa Encendida for the exhibition on&on, curated by Olivier Varenne and Flora Fairbairn.
Speaking Volumes
2012; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 37 x 28 cm
Gone to Seed
2011; Thistle seeds, carrion crow (taxidermy), nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 240 x 180 cm
Photo: Jordan Hutchings
Exhibition view: Quietus
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, 2012
The Colossus
2012; Watercolour, pencil on paper; 30.5 x 40.6 cm
The Grass is Always Greener
2010; Squirrels (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 250 x 90 x 98 cm
Throe
2010; Residues of the taxidermy process, pencil, watercolour on paper; 122 x 157 cm
Ophelia (Wake)
2009; Duck (taxidermy), polythene, lead, nylon, acrylic; 200 x 200 x 200 cm
Over and Out
2011; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 28.5 x 21.5 cm
Nipple
2012; Thistle seeds, bluebottles, nylon, lead, acrylic; 230 x 18 x 18 cm
Under Arrest
2012; Pencil, watercolour, residues of the taxidermy process on canvas; 120 x 200 cm
Study for Throe
2010; Watercolour and pencil on paper; 37 x 28 cm
Pedestal
2011; Dandelion seeds, heron (taxidermy), nylon, lead, acrylic; 270 x 62 x 62 cm
Exhibition view: Under The Sun
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, 2011
Terminal
2012; Juvenile herring gull (taxidermy), torn polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 250 x 99 x 99 cm
A Red Sky
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 122 x 152 cm
The Beauty and the Beast
2012; Bluebottles, Morpho butterfly, nylon, lead, acrylic; 102 x 52 x 9 cm
Quietus
2012; Mixed media, residue of taxidermy process on canvas; 135 x 135 cm
Throe
2010; Two rooks (taxidermy), thistle seeds, nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 180 x 180cm
Photo: Christopher Clem Franken
Down Time
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 76 x 56.5 cm
Heart of Darkness (detail)
2012; Bluebottles, nylon, lead, acrylic; 250 x 75 x 75 cm
Gone to Seed
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 122 x 152 cm
Monumental
2011; Pencil, watercolour and residue of the taxidermy process on paper; 52 x 122 cm
Interference (II)
2010; Mole (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 240 x 200 cm
Wake
2010; Watercolour and pencil on paper; 77 x 56.5 cm
Study for Impact
2010; Pencil and watercolour on paper; 37 x 28 cm
The Colossus
2012; Mute swan (taxidermy), torn polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 300 x 188 x 184cm
A Part at the Seam
2009; Jackdaw (taxidermy), thistle seeds, torn black polythene, lead, nylon, acrylic; 300 x 93 x 93 cm
Exhibition view: Under The Sun
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, 2011

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