Hugo Wilson
Prior to completing his MA at the City and Guilds, London in 2008, Wilson attended the prominent Charles H. Cecil Studio in Florence, Italy, and had a successful but now defunct career as a portrait artist. Wilson’s conceptual work looks at various systems of order and the human pursuit of organising and knowing chaos. Fascinated by a Victorian sense of wonder, he often borrows from the aesthetic of the era, as well as defunct, handmade crafts. Ideas of genetics and religion are exposed, often in characteristic mischief and subversion; the documentation of whimsical scientific experimentation or recording modern discovery on obsolete media, while distancing himself from cynicism of critique. In 2009, Wilson has featured in The Old Vic/Punchdrunk collaboration Tunnel 228 and the self-curated Terra Nihilus at Maddox Arts.
Okazaki Fragment
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Illustration
45cm x 25cm
Dyeline print, Ammonia treated paper
An Okazaki fragment is a relatively short fragment of DNA, created on the lagging strand during DNA replication. It is not from the male or female but a filler during replication and is notable as a crucial component in the synthesis, but also because it is seemingly awkward, uneven and inefficient for its purpose.
£1,100
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