30/06/2020
'Loughborough Junction Pigeon No.52', is a piece by Hugh Gilmour, shown as part of Our Autonomous Nature II at Testbed1 in 2013.
A graduate from the RCA, he has a studio at Loughborough Junction where 'he studies the unique evolution of the Loughborough Junction Pigeon'.
"Hugh's exploration into the world of the Loughborough Junction Pigeon leads him to all sorts of curious insights. Urban pigeons are part of the fabric and makeup of the landscape, we hear them, we know they are there but do we pay attention to their culture?
Hugh has taken the knarled pigeon and bedecked with jewels and kitch glamour. They have become their own species, an advanced consumerist in their own society."
Catalogue and Curator's Notes written by Chloë Tinsley in Our Autonomous Nature II, 2013.
Behind Hugh's piece, Turner Prize Winner Grenville Davey's 'all flesh is grass - (book of Isiah?) II' or curator's short hand - 'the eyes'.