Richard Billingham’s photograph Mandrils shows a scene of these colourful primates in a zoo enclosure, complete with a panoramic painted backdrop of their native habitat.
The artist first came to public attention for his candid photographs of his parents’ home life. In his Zoo series he employs the same detached style to capture animals in their confined domestic spaces.
Billingham lives in Swansea, where Mandrils was selected by Cardiff-born artist Laura Ford for the 2018 Wakelin Award as a new acquisition for the city’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Mandrils, 2005
Date supported
2019
Medium and material
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
168 x 207
Grant
5,000
Total cost
12,000
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