50 Days | Set
Painted antique tins
Exhibited in Venice, Santa Fe, Fife, Edinburgh, Sussex, Suffolk & Essex, these paintings are now available directly from the studio as a set of fifty—named for days of the year. Delivery and installation is possible.
Originally exhibited at Venice Biennale, these miniatures – painted onto antique metal tins from around the world – pay homage to the sea. They speak of time past, present and future; of function and the daily coming and going of the tide. These fifty fleeting moments come together to describe a bigger picture, a collective memory.
“Each painting contains a different body of water, where the horizon line, time of day, and weather conditions vary in every unique view”, writes Kate Reeve-Edwards. “The painting process reacts and enhances the objects, working with them to create a new life. A circular ecosystem of reuse and repair is what Cass is gently encouraging. The hand-held world of the tin is regenerated: these small objects which once contained tobacco, mints, or teabags now convey new, bigger ideas...”