Low Life is an exhibition about animal instincts, about mischief, otherness, and rebellion, explored through the work of two contemporary artists: Derrick Guild and Katrin Moye.
Katrin Moye is a ceramic artist in Nottingham whose work combines a deep knowledge of European ceramics with social commentary and a sharp wit. The sculptures in Low Life respond to the increasingly dark technocratic times we live in by looking to the world’s natural rebels and troublemakers for inspiration. The drunken raccoon found passed out after raiding a liquor store in Virginia appears as the subject of a large Italian Renaissance-inspired panel. A zoomorphic jar presents a moldwarp or mole, bane of landscapers, ruiner of lawns. An accompanying vase has a flock of pigeon heads poking from it, the many that dominate our city squares in search of our crumbs.