Photographer, sculptor and filmmaker.  Mat Collishaw was born in Nottingham and studied at Goldsmith’s College in London. Much of his work contains historical and art-historical references to the interaction between nature and culture.  Often the images are appropriated and digitally altered, the underlying theme being the relationship between representation and reality. The artist lives and works in London.

Who killed Cock Robin? is a digital collage of appropriated images. The title is taken from a children’s nursery rhyme or popular ballad. These rhymes frequently had hidden meanings and were a safe way of making critical comments on happenings of the day.  In ‘Cock Robin’ the various human parts are taken by different birds.  It has been suggested that it originated with the intrigues surrounding the downfall of the English government in 1742

Who killed Cock Robin? 1997
Iris print
107.5 x 81 cm
Edition of 10
Purchased from the Lisson Gallery, July 1998