Barnet College   2005/2006

Denise Wyllie

Wyllie, founder member of Art Kontact Russia UK, has organized many exchange exhibitions. The image grew from Wyllie's quest to find a historical document from the communist era, whilst working in Russia. "The print was informed by my friends Marsha and Sergei's discovery of a prisoner's mug they found on a desolate island in Karelia. This bleak island, bordering with Finland, had been used by Stalin as camp for dissidents. The mug is a tin can with a scrap of wire around it forming a handle. Marsha said "This is your historical document."