Charlie Prodger is a Glasgow-based artist working with moving image, writing, sculpture, and printmaking. She was the winner of the 2018 Turner Prize and represented Scotland at the 2019 Venice Biennale, presenting the solo exhibition SaF05 curated by Linsey Young with Cove Park. Prodger’s first residency was at Cove Park, in 2010; she returned in 2018, and again in 2019 in preparation for Scotland + Venice.

The screenprint Baked Alaska draws upon research material for SaF05. It features an analytical diagram of a 6th Century BC Assyrian stone relief panel, in the process of being cut and collaged by Prodger. In palace reliefs of this period the distinction between foreground and background appears collapsed and flattened, counter to linear perspective’s illusionary depth. These spatial systems echo Prodger’s ongoing preoccupation with perspective, framing and time in relation to bodies and landscape. The title of the work is pulled from autobiographical content in Prodger’s voiceover for the video SaF05.

The technical sophistication of this screenprint reflects the artist’s concern for materiality and the process of production. It complements a new series of 11 C-type prints by the artist that explore further the visual material encountered while researching for SaF05.

Produced at Glasgow Print Studio.

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