Conversation Piece is a projection based installation in which the tragic love story of the traditional willow pattern plate has been animated and the story re-written. This is then projected, fitting perfectly onto 2 white plates on a dining table, creating the illusion of an animated surface pattern.
Conversation Piece, 2002
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Conversation Piece, 2002
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Installation view at My Blue China, Limoges 2015
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Conversation Piece, 2002 An edition of this installation is part of the collection at the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas.