Portraits from the Book of Life, 2014

Installation and photography series


I use the daily objects and tools that tell the story of a particular place. 

Then I tell the story again through a photograph…


 

#4: Apple Flask, 2014
aprox. 70 x 40 x 30cm

  • copper table, metal ring stand, with clamp and ring, round bottomed flask, cooked apple chunks, apple stems

©DawnNilo1


 #3: Taraxacum, 2013
aprox. 130 x 75 x 65cm

 

  • metal ring stand with clamp and ring, round bottomed flask, erlenmyer flask, dandelions, painting, painted wall – in a corner with light

©DawnNilo3


#1: Hot Seat, 2010
aprox. 60 x 40 x 50cm

 

  • wooden chair, wool felt pad,
    metal candle holder and candle
  • (The wicker chair in the background was part of another installation: Tower of Babel, which included a stack of wicker chairs reaching to the ceiling.)

©DawnNilo2