Rooted in reality, yet subjected to a process of elaborate transformation, Skaer’s images hover in the space between recognition and ambiguity, figuration and abstraction. Lucy Skaer has been nominated for her solo exhibition at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and A Boat Used as a Vessel at the Kunsthalle Basel.
Lucy Skaer:Turner Prize 2009
Skaer makes drawings, sculptures and films often taking found photographic sources as their starting point
