Mute Swan
- Artist:
- Type: Photograph
- Medium: Constructed colour photograph
- Production Date: 1994 - 2011
- Copy Number: 10
- Edition: 10
- Description: Calum Colvin says of his work that it exists 'on the boundaries of painting, photography, sculpture and electronic imaging'. It consists of elaborately constructed scenarios creating complex narrative tableaux which are photographed and exhibited as colour photographic prints. Colvin has also more recently brought computer manipulation into this mix. The artist says that he is interested in 'the transformation that occurs when everyday objects are juxtaposed with painted images frequently appropriated from the annals of Western Art History. I hope to engage the viewer in a 'visual dialogue' where layers of meaning are gradually discerned and themes of politics, sexuality and belief are encountered in a darkly humourous manner. The Swans' androgynous symbolism is explored and the myth of Leda and the Swan is alluded to.' Mute Swan is from the series of allegories based on bird subjects titled 'Ornithology', exhibited in London in 1996.
- Dimensions: 101.6 cm (H) x 127 cm (W).
- Acquisition Note: Purchased with support from the (NFA) National Fund for Acquisitions.
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Store
- Accession Number: 2011.17
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
