Monster Chetwynd
Piggy Mask, 2024
£1,500
A limited edition porcelain mask by Monster Chetwynd, made exclusively for House of Voltaire.
Edition Size
15
Dimensions
32 x 30 x 15 cm
Finishing
Porcelain with coloured glazes
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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
Hideous and delightful, Chetwynd’s ‘Piggy Mask’ is a perfect manifestation of the artist’s idiosyncratic mind. Hand shaped and glazed the mask references the worlds of carnival, cabaret and political horror. It can be wall mounted or displayed laid down. This work has been made especially on the occasion of Studio Voltaire's 30th Anniversary. Throughout the anniversary year, a series of limited editions by leading international artists were released to raise important funds for Studio Voltaire's artistic and community programmes.
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.