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Rachel Maclean
The Queen, 2013Archival pigmented digital printPaper size 61 x 50cm
Image size 50.5 x 40.5cmEdition of 10 plus 5 artist proofsPublished by Edinburgh PrintmakersFurther images
This work was commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers for Rachel Maclean’s first solo show I HEART SCOTLAND (2013). The exhibition examined the nation’s romantic histories through the lens of contemporary political...This work was commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers for Rachel Maclean’s first solo show I HEART SCOTLAND (2013). The exhibition examined the nation’s romantic histories through the lens of contemporary political debate, creating a complex and surreal vision of modern Scotland. At the time responding to the upcoming Referendum on Scottish Independence in 2014, the show explored a sense of both power and absurdity within representations of Scottish and British national pride.