Monster Chetwynd
Joan Mug
£15
A ceramic mug depicting a scene from Studio Voltaire's 2014 commission 'Hermitos Children 2' by Monster Chetwynd (then Marvin Gaye Chetwynd), exclusive to House of Voltaire
Dimensions
9 x 8 x 8 cm
Finishing
Ceramic with digital print
Installation view, Monster Chetwynd, A Tax Haven Run By Women, Performer and Participant, Tate Modern, London, 24 May 2024 - 18 May 2025. © Monster Chetwynd. Courtesy the Artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London.
About The Artwork
Celebrating our 30th anniversary in 2024, Studio Voltaire has invited many major artists to revisit and reimagine some of their previous House of Voltaire releases for our “Greatest Hits”. Chetwynd has chosen to reissue per Joan Mug. The image depicts Joan Shipman, the lead protagonist in Chetwynd's experimental television crime drama 'Hermitos Children', played by Studio Voltaire's director Joe Scotland.
About Monster Chetwynd
Monster Chetwynd (b. 1973, London, England) lives and works in Zürich. Chetwynd’s multifarious practice – spanning interactive performances, film, collage, painting and installation – interweaves elements of folk spectacle, popular culture and surrealistic cinema. Chetwynd is known for per anarchistic bric-a-brac style performance pieces, featuring handmade costumes, props and sets. Describing per work as ‘impatiently made’, ze often re-uses cheap materials that are easy to process to create costumes and scenery that are easy to deploy and adapt, while incorporating eclectic cultural references – from Bertolt Brecht to Bugsy Malone. At the core of Chetwynd’s practice is an emphasis on the work’s collective development.
Chetwynd has had solo exhibitions and performances at BMCA Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Migros Museum, Zurich; Studio Voltaire, London; New Museum, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Tate Britain, London. Chetwynd was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2012.
The artist is represented by Sadie Coles HQ, London, MASSIMODECARLO, Milan/London/Hong Kong and Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich.