After Firing

Therese Keogh

Opening 06.06.15 6-8pm
Artist Talks 27.06.15 6-7pm

After Firing is an investigation into the material relationships between wheat, fire, and marble, using a photograph taken in 1953 by Wolfgang Sievers as its starting point. The photograph, titled ‘In the Forum Romanum’, shows a severed marble hand holding a sheaf of wheat. The hand is that of Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture. She holds wheat in her right hand, and a torch in her left. This duality of growth and combustion, and the symbolism of the severed hand, has led to a body of work where historical narratives of the ‘artist’, and traditional agricultural practices are interwoven.

*This project was commissioned by Centre for Contemporary Photography.