Endangered Species List 481

By Rosalind Lowry 

Irish Linen, dyed, painted and installed on public land. 

This series of sculptural and photographic works are based on an exploration of loss and mourning of the land, with the artist's creative practice being an act of bearing witness and a lament for what is being lost. These temporary works have been installed on public and private land, sometimes with permission, often without. They are installed, photographed and dismantled, with the images produced as a memorial to the land, before its development/ destruction.

Each of the species on the list was painted on Irish linen (also an endangered craft) and stitched up around the outline. Each padded species was left in a discarded pile in a meadow. Passers-by were encouraged to take a species home and to be a champion for the species in whatever way they could.  At the end of the week all the species were gone. Some species I left in hedgerows, some in the discarded pile. 

Rosalind Lowry's work is situated between land art and landscape photography. She uses the power of documented intervention in a place and time specific way to highlight environmental issues, and the continued commodification of green spaces and rural landscapes.

Rosalind Lowry studied sculpture at Chelsea and St. Martins Schools of Art in London. She is an elected member of the Royal Society of Sculptors and has completed several Artist in Residence positions for a range of organisations including the Alaska State Government, City International University in Paris, the UK Heritage Fund and the Red Quincho Network in Argentina. She is currently artist in residence in Armagh County Museum creating new work to tour to Liverpool Open Eye Gallery and Aberdeen Museum. Rosalind works from her studio in County Antrim, with the help of her 3 dogs.