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Presence | Absence

By Vanessa Rolf 2022
Presence | Absence explore the significance of inherited objects and their capacity to tell stories. The traces of a person are imprinted in these mundane, utilitarian possessions. These works pay with the visual language of museums and collections; questioning what and how we preserve, protect and memorialise.
91147 Vanessa Rolf

HMS Foxhound

His lowly grave

Absence of matter (detail)

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