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Jane Simpson - Pandamonium 1

Dumb Stare and Muffled Cry Jane Simpson

Jane Simpson

Dumb Stare and Muffled Cry
Two digital giclée prints on Somerset paper, framed - edition of eight
H 54.5 x L 63.9 cm, framed (x 2)

Lot no: 12

Simpson installed a refrigeration mechanism inside the panda, which coated the bear in layer of ice, softening the familiar features – most poignantly the familiar eyes. The resulting artwork is in photo form – using a style reminiscent of Victorian studio photography.

“Images of pandas in the media usually create a flurry of excitement and great affection. The reverence which surrounds them makes them a challenging subject for an artwork, but their very existence seems to be in such a delicate balance that fine art does seem the appropriate way of communicating their plight.”

Estimated value: £1,500 - £2,000

Jane Simpson

Jane Simpson was born in London in 1965. She graduated from Chelsea School of Art in 1988 and completed three years of postgraduate study at the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1993. In 1999 she was awarded the IASPIS Goteborg Fellow, Sweden, and in 2001 she was the Artist in Residence for the Shoreditch Town Hall Trust. She is well-known for her found object ‘still live’ sculptures and her work with ice, using refrigeration units to control freezing and melting, exploring the material as a metaphor for dissolution and temporality.





Selected exhibitions
2005 A Three Way Conversation with Myself. New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire
2005 Valencia Biennale, Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands
2005 Weather Report (Art and Climate Change). Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1997 Sensation, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1994 Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away. Curated by Damien Hirst, at the
Serpentine Gallery, London

Selected collections
Saatchi Collection
Arts Council of England
British Council
Damien Hirst’s Murdeme Collection
Colección Ciudad de Pamplona, Spain

Jane Simpson - Pandamonium

The auction

The pieces were auctioned on 12 October 2009 at Selfridges, Oxford Street, London to raise funds for WWF.

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