2015-17 | Claire Morgan

Act of God
2015; Polythene, nylon, lead, aluminum; dimensions variable
Photo: Christopher Clem Franken
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Commissioned by Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne.
Full of Grace
2016; Fox (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 73.5 x 51.7 x 66.6cm
Photo: Claire Morgan Studio
That’s All Folks
2015; Pencil, watercolour, residue of taxidermy process on paper; 76 x 56.9 cm
Human Nature
2016; Jackdaw (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead; dimensions variable
On Heaven and Earth
2016; Residues of taxidermy process, animal parts, graphite, and mixed media, on paper on canvas; 76.5 x 113 x 10.5 cm
Underwhelming
2015; Rat (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 98.4 x 56.6 x 56.6 cm
Beacon
2017; Canaries (taxidermy), polythene, bones, nylon, lead, cob; 300 x98 x 188 cm
Underweight
2017; Squirrel (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 71.7 x 61.7 x 61.7 cm
Various Small Flames (IV)
2017; Waxbill (taxidermy), carbon, paint, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
Windfall
2015; Red squirrel (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 68.4 x 61.6 x 61.6 cm
Murmurations
2016; Polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 500 x 1650 x 660 cm
Photo credit: 111 BPR Photography
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Commissioned by KW BPR Ltd, curated by Modus Operandi Art Consultants.
A Drowning
2016; Rat (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 73.3 x 51.7 x 51.7 cm
Underweight
2017; Pencil, watercolour, on paper; 37 x 28 cm
Lo [detail]
2017; Tawny owl (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, vitrine; 98.5 x 71.6 x 71.6 cm
Various Small Flames (I) (detail)
2017; Waxbill (taxidermy), carbon, paint, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
On Top
2015; Gosling (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 88.4 x 41.6 x 41.6 cm
The Vanity of Supposing Significance
2017; Two peafowl (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead, cob; 350 x 251 x 299 cm
Photo: Nikolai Saoulski
Downer
2017; Pencil, watercolour, on paper; 37 x 28 cm
A Lesson in Failure
2017; Foxes (taxidermy), thistle seeds, polythene, nylon, lead, cob; 300 x 304 x 182 cm
Photo: Nikolai Saoulski
Time of Death
2017; Swallow (taxidermy), greenbottle flies, nylon, vitrine; 77.9 x 46.6 x 71.4 cm
Photo: David Lawson
Windfall [detail]
2015; Red squirrel (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 68.4 x 61.6 x 61.6 cm
Missing
2016; Mixed media on paper; 57.1 x 76.2 cm
Exhibition view: Recurring Truths
Galerie Karsten Greve, St Moritz, 2018
Plenty More Fish in the Sea
2016; Fox, mallard, rat, woodcock (all taxidermy), pigeon skeleton, butterflies, nylon, lead; 400 x 100 x 800 cm
Photo: Coralie Pilard
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Commissioned by Musées d’Angers for the exhibition Plenty more fish in the sea, at Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, Angers. Supported by the Fondation d’Entreprise Mécène et Loire.
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds
2016; Residues of taxidermy process, animal parts, salt, graphite, and mixed media, on paper on canvas; 140.5 x 226 cm
Act of God [detail]
2015; Polythene, nylon, lead, aluminium; dimensions variable
Time to Die
2017; Waxwing (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 88.1 x 51.5 x 51.5 cm
Photo: David Lawson
Life Support
2017; Hooded crows (taxidermy), wood, polythene, nylon, lead, paint; 300 x 247 x 100cm
This is Breaking My Heart
2015; Rabbit (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 53.7 x 46.8 x 46.8 cm
Carnivore
2017; Mixed media (inc taxidermy residue), on paper on canvas; 135.3 x 135 cm
Underweight [detail]
2017; Squirrel (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 71.7 x 61.7 x 61.7 cm
Grounded
2017; Watercolour, pencil, on paper; 38 x 28 cm
To An End
2017; Blackbird (taxidermy), wood, polythene, nylon, vitrine; 108.5 x 56.7 x 56.7 cm
Downer
2017; Jackdaw (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, vitrine; 81.7 x 51.7 x 51.7 cm
Various Small Flames (I)
2017; Waxbill (taxidermy), carbon, paint, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
Perpetually at the Centre
2017; Taxidermy residues, bones, carbon, charcoal, plastic, paint, on paper on canvas; 120 x 150 cm
Photo: Nikolai Saoulski
Solid Air
2015; Fox (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 83 x 56.6 x 56.6 cm
Becoming Light
2017; Redpoll (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 88 x 61.6 x 61.6 cm
Photo: David Lawson
Act of God
2015; Pencil, watercolour, on paper; 36.8 x 28 cm
Missing
2016; Pied wagtail (taxidermy), meadow pipit (taxidermy), dandelion seeds,nylon, acrylic, in vitrine; 78.5 x 41.7 x 81.6 cm
Within You Without You [detail]
2015; Dunnock (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 73.6 x 61.8 x 61.8cm
Ballad
2016; Siskin (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 71.6 x 41.6 x 41.6 cm
One for the Road
2016; Song thrush (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 68.5 x 56.7 x 56.7 cm
My God–Shaped Hole
2016; Residues of taxidermy process, salt, graphite, and mixed media, on paper on canvas; 100 x 100 cm
That’s All Folks
2015; Rabbit (taxidermy), bluebottles, nylon, in vitrine; 73.4 x 46.6 x 46.6 cm
All of this has happened before and it will all happen again
2016; Graphite, blood, bones, mixed media, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
Act of God
2015; Polythene, nylon, lead, aluminium; dimensions variable

Act of God
2015; Polythene, nylon, lead, aluminum; dimensions variable
Photo: Christopher Clem Franken
/
Commissioned by Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne.
Full of Grace
2016; Fox (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 73.5 x 51.7 x 66.6cm
Photo: Claire Morgan Studio
That’s All Folks
2015; Pencil, watercolour, residue of taxidermy process on paper; 76 x 56.9 cm
Human Nature
2016; Jackdaw (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead; dimensions variable
On Heaven and Earth
2016; Residues of taxidermy process, animal parts, graphite, and mixed media, on paper on canvas; 76.5 x 113 x 10.5 cm
Underwhelming
2015; Rat (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 98.4 x 56.6 x 56.6 cm
Beacon
2017; Canaries (taxidermy), polythene, bones, nylon, lead, cob; 300 x98 x 188 cm
Underweight
2017; Squirrel (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 71.7 x 61.7 x 61.7 cm
Various Small Flames (IV)
2017; Waxbill (taxidermy), carbon, paint, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
Windfall
2015; Red squirrel (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 68.4 x 61.6 x 61.6 cm
Murmurations
2016; Polythene, nylon, lead, acrylic; 500 x 1650 x 660 cm
Photo credit: 111 BPR Photography
/
Commissioned by KW BPR Ltd, curated by Modus Operandi Art Consultants.
A Drowning
2016; Rat (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 73.3 x 51.7 x 51.7 cm
Underweight
2017; Pencil, watercolour, on paper; 37 x 28 cm
Lo [detail]
2017; Tawny owl (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, vitrine; 98.5 x 71.6 x 71.6 cm
Various Small Flames (I) (detail)
2017; Waxbill (taxidermy), carbon, paint, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
On Top
2015; Gosling (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 88.4 x 41.6 x 41.6 cm
The Vanity of Supposing Significance
2017; Two peafowl (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, lead, cob; 350 x 251 x 299 cm
Photo: Nikolai Saoulski
Downer
2017; Pencil, watercolour, on paper; 37 x 28 cm
A Lesson in Failure
2017; Foxes (taxidermy), thistle seeds, polythene, nylon, lead, cob; 300 x 304 x 182 cm
Photo: Nikolai Saoulski
Time of Death
2017; Swallow (taxidermy), greenbottle flies, nylon, vitrine; 77.9 x 46.6 x 71.4 cm
Photo: David Lawson
Windfall [detail]
2015; Red squirrel (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 68.4 x 61.6 x 61.6 cm
Missing
2016; Mixed media on paper; 57.1 x 76.2 cm
Exhibition view: Recurring Truths
Galerie Karsten Greve, St Moritz, 2018
Plenty More Fish in the Sea
2016; Fox, mallard, rat, woodcock (all taxidermy), pigeon skeleton, butterflies, nylon, lead; 400 x 100 x 800 cm
Photo: Coralie Pilard
/
Commissioned by Musées d’Angers for the exhibition Plenty more fish in the sea, at Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, Angers. Supported by the Fondation d’Entreprise Mécène et Loire.
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds
2016; Residues of taxidermy process, animal parts, salt, graphite, and mixed media, on paper on canvas; 140.5 x 226 cm
Act of God [detail]
2015; Polythene, nylon, lead, aluminium; dimensions variable
Time to Die
2017; Waxwing (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 88.1 x 51.5 x 51.5 cm
Photo: David Lawson
Life Support
2017; Hooded crows (taxidermy), wood, polythene, nylon, lead, paint; 300 x 247 x 100cm
This is Breaking My Heart
2015; Rabbit (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 53.7 x 46.8 x 46.8 cm
Carnivore
2017; Mixed media (inc taxidermy residue), on paper on canvas; 135.3 x 135 cm
Underweight [detail]
2017; Squirrel (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 71.7 x 61.7 x 61.7 cm
Grounded
2017; Watercolour, pencil, on paper; 38 x 28 cm
To An End
2017; Blackbird (taxidermy), wood, polythene, nylon, vitrine; 108.5 x 56.7 x 56.7 cm
Downer
2017; Jackdaw (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, vitrine; 81.7 x 51.7 x 51.7 cm
Various Small Flames (I)
2017; Waxbill (taxidermy), carbon, paint, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
Perpetually at the Centre
2017; Taxidermy residues, bones, carbon, charcoal, plastic, paint, on paper on canvas; 120 x 150 cm
Photo: Nikolai Saoulski
Solid Air
2015; Fox (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 83 x 56.6 x 56.6 cm
Becoming Light
2017; Redpoll (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, vitrine; 88 x 61.6 x 61.6 cm
Photo: David Lawson
Act of God
2015; Pencil, watercolour, on paper; 36.8 x 28 cm
Missing
2016; Pied wagtail (taxidermy), meadow pipit (taxidermy), dandelion seeds,nylon, acrylic, in vitrine; 78.5 x 41.7 x 81.6 cm
Within You Without You [detail]
2015; Dunnock (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 73.6 x 61.8 x 61.8cm
Ballad
2016; Siskin (taxidermy), dandelion seeds, nylon, in vitrine; 71.6 x 41.6 x 41.6 cm
One for the Road
2016; Song thrush (taxidermy), polythene, nylon, in vitrine; 68.5 x 56.7 x 56.7 cm
My God–Shaped Hole
2016; Residues of taxidermy process, salt, graphite, and mixed media, on paper on canvas; 100 x 100 cm
That’s All Folks
2015; Rabbit (taxidermy), bluebottles, nylon, in vitrine; 73.4 x 46.6 x 46.6 cm
All of this has happened before and it will all happen again
2016; Graphite, blood, bones, mixed media, on paper on canvas; 160 x 100 cm
Act of God
2015; Polythene, nylon, lead, aluminium; dimensions variable

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