Taxonomy of the Cornflake
An oologist made collections of eggs in an attempt to reveal the best examples of morphological patterns, mutations and colourings. Entomologists or lepidopterists, in order to trace the origin of the species, orchestrate and organise insects or butterflies into family groups, looking for evolutionary links that reveal the ancestry of their subjects.
This collection reflects these same ambitions as those collectors who display impaled specimens in strict family groups upon the finest of steel pins. Yet while today, the world has agreed on the systems by which nature is organised into its distinct genera and species, in adopting the role and struggles of the original taxonomist, I grapple to allocate subjects into ranks using arbitrary systems based on colour, size, contortion and shape.
This piece, shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018, has been sold, however the Taxonomy continues with additional selections available on application.
BBC Podcast
A BBC podcast on the collection is available here. BBC Boring Talks, #24 The Taxonomy of Cornflakes
Press Articles
| 2018 | Metro 'Cereal-ist art of cornflakes' |
| 2018 | The Daily Mail 'Artist's collection of cornflakes is on show at the Royal Academy ' |
| 2018 | The Express 'Flakiest Royal Academy art prize contender ever?' |
| 2018 | The Sun 'Flake News! Artist’s cerealist work made entirely of CORNFLAKES sells for £900 at a top gallery' |
| 2018 | The Oxford Mail 'Cornflake art chosen for Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition' |
Other selections, from the Taxonomy can seen at the Mmuseumm, New York Colorfactory New York and in other private collections. Reviews from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Observer.
