Title: Sampler (sea or sun or slugs)

Media: Stitched canvas quilting, cotton thread, leather, soft pastel pigment, pencil, stainless steel eyelets

Size: 41 x 28 x 2 cm

About the work: Drawing, sewn canvas quilt pattern with leather applique and soft pastel pigment, with pencil, made in 2024

Bio: Richard Malone (b.1990)  is an Irish artist from Wexford. Their work explores themes of queerness, class, place and otherness, often through class-associated and gendered labour practices. Malone's work is included in public collections internationally, including the MoMA New York, The MET New York, The V&A London and the NGV, Melbourne. Recent solo shows include A Record of Tenderness at the Dock and knot, BIND, gesture, bend at the National Gallery of Ireland. In 2023, Malone undertook the Central Hall commission for the Royal Academy in London, and debuted their first public performance at the Hayward Gallery.