Juliette Blightman

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

Installation view showing a gallery with white walls and crown molding, light blonde wood floors, and two windows directly in front of us. To the right side of the window on our left is an ornate, dark wooden pedestal with a fish bowl on top of it. On the windowsill to the left of the fishbowl is a potted plant and an apple.

Installation view slightly closer to the windows, fishbowl, plant, and apple. The view through the window on our left is onto the cream-colored exterior of one side of the building showing windows with decorative cornices. Through the window on our right, we see an Ionic column, or a column with a decorative scroll-like design at the top, and farther off, the greenery of large, mature trees.

Installation view with only the left window centered in the frame. From this angle, the view through the window is onto the greenery of large, mature trees. Inside the gallery sitting on the windowsill are an apple and a potted plant. To the right of the windowsill is an ornate, dark wooden pedestal with a fishbowl containing two goldfish, a plant, and some pebbles on top of it.

Installation view with only the left window centered in the frame. From this angle, the view through the window is onto the greenery of large, mature trees, and a car passing by. Inside the gallery sitting on the windowsill are an apple and a potted plant. To the right of the windowsill is an ornate, dark wooden pedestal with a fishbowl containing two goldfish, a plant, and some pebbles on top of it. One of the goldfish appears extra large through the water and circular glass bowl.

Close-up view of the fishbowl with two goldfish, plant, and pebbles atop an ornate, dark wooden pedestal. The plant on the windowsill is behind the fishbowl at this angle, and its upside down reflection appears in the water.

Close-up view of the potted jade plant and apple atop the windowsill. The plant is in a pot with a cobalt blue glaze that stops just short of the bottom and is seated on top of a colorful patterned tile. The apple beside it is light red and green. Through the window there is a wrought iron fence and a blue van parked in a parking lot. Two men appear to be talking to one another across an open, driver-side door.

View from the exterior of the building faintly showing the top of the cobalt blue pot and jade plant. The window is framed by large blocks of a light beige color.

Juliette BlightmanPlease Water the Plant and Feed the FishInstitute of Contemporary Arts, London

Exhibition Images

Juliette BlightmanPlease Water the Plant and Feed the Fish
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London