Composed of a rope of Herdwick wool and finished with a pair of pedigree Welsh Mountain ram’s horns, MacMurray’s Ram speaks to her ongoing interest in duality, particularly in the contrast between two distinct elements within a singular form. As in her work Pan (2018), MacMurray’s use of horns allude to themes of masculinity and the gender based rituals surrounding hunting and trophy gathering, where they are contrasted against a rope made from another sheep-derived material, wool.

Susie MacMurray is a British artist whose work includes drawing, sculpture and site-specific architectural installations. A former classical musician, she retrained as an artist, graduating with an MA in Fine Art in 2001. She lives in Manchester and has an international exhibition profile, showing regularly in the USA and Europe as well as in public institutions around the UK. Her work can be found in a number of prestigious museum and private collections and MacMurray has in August 2021 completed her most recent public commission ‘Witness’ at the National Justice Museum, Nottingham.