During lockdown I made a series of still lives using random objects around my home. The project made me increasingly aware of the amount of junk I have accumulated over the years.
Still life with furry panda mask, Phoenix table lamp, plums, tongs and frozen bangers, 2020Still life with pink tape, one of my sculptures, little clay man whose head comes off, ginger and lemon, 2020Still life with granny’s parrot, bottle found in garden, back scratcher and smoked ham, 2020Still life with Littleun’s wicker chair, tiger mask, blue scourer, cleaver, surgical gloves, avocado and pitta, 2020Still life with bowl from hell, mini wheelie bin and astro turf, 2020Still life with creepy squeaky 70s toy, basketball, vase, flacid space hopper, spade and smoked ham, 2020Still life with yellow postal sack, mini skateboard, wip sculpture with mop head, and scrambled egg, 2020Still life with yellow tape, Lego head, smoked haddock, Eeyore balloon, watering can and Panama hat, 2020Still life with little puppet of Caliban, ‘untitled’, hose with tape and string, bacon and 70s pan, 2020Still life with my boring postcards collage book, breaded ham, glove and candlestick, 2020Still life with snake in a bottle, biggest roll of gaffer tape ever, granny’s opera glasses and egg, 2020Still life with tower of tagliatelle, fruit sticker, squished shopping basket, enamel jug that leaks and my fave sneaks, 2020Still life with first attempt at welding, anchovy, potato and monkey, 2020Still life with minion, cornet, parma ham, adidas, blue masking tape and feather duster, 2020
Tash Kahn 