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Chariots of Silk

Artist David Blyth (Huntingdon, England, born 1976)

Date2004

MediumLeather horse tack, brocade silk, suedette, wood, wire & horsehair

ClassificationsSculptures

DimensionsOverall: height 240 x width 226 x depth 302cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 2005 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the Lyon Bequest.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 04

Object numberABDAG014363

Keywords

About MeDavid Blyth studied at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen. He is regarded as one of the most innovative contemporary artists working in the North East.

Blyth lives and works in the Aberdeenshire countryside, where the animals around him inspire much of his work. Like Damien Hirst, he uses taxidermy in some of his work but here we are presented with a display of beautiful objects, that suggest the presence of an animal, rather than presenting us with one.

At first glance this collection of horse tack seems to be functional but the various refinements the artist has added prompt the onlooker to enter Blyth's world of the imagination. This sculpture conjures up a magical world, the animal these items are intended for is not a mundane horse but something much more ethereal - perhaps even a unicorn.

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No ordinary horse? Various refinements to this collection of tack prompt us to consider Blyth's world of imagination.

Exhibitions

Gallery 04 - Imagined Landscapes