Silkscreen print on linen sheet, plastic cockroach, vacuum packed
Approx. 59 x 79.5 cm
Edition of 14 + 1 AP
£425
Members price £382.5

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection.” Produced especially for her exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA, Kris Lemsalu’s limited edition comprises of an artist statement originally penned by Anais Nin, and co-signed by Lemsalu. Printed onto old bed linen recovered from the dormitory of the Estonian Academy of Arts, the odd cockroach roams playfully across the cotton. The statement is a powerful manifesto for artistic endeavour and expression; “the artist is the only one who knows the world is a subjective construction”.

Vacuum packed for display, each can be opened to use as a sheet, or hung as a textile.

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