‘The Aquarium, Petworth House’ by David Ferry

‘The Aquarium, Petworth House’ is a signed limited edition Archive Digital Print in an edition of 10 by British artist David Ferry. ‘The Aquarium, Petworth House’ is part of the Aquarium Series of works made in 2011 and inspired by the ‘Stately Homes of England’ where splendid, historical interiors are transformed into aquariums, complete with giant goldfish. The English country house is a redundant repository of culture and privilege but it remains with us as a part of our national heritage. In Ferry’s prints, country houses are submerged like shipwrecks with fish swimming through their rooms. What is lost becomes unknown. Buried in obscurity, the outmoded seems irretrievable. In David Ferry’s imagination, nothing is sacred and these works remind us that art can be entertaining too.

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