Daisy Smith: [The emblem of the hospital depicts a woman wearing a sash that reads ‘Good Health’]

[The emblem of the hospital depicts a woman wearing a sash that reads ‘Good Health’] She splits her time between two jobs: one as a nurse in Mr Lover’s Grand Hospital, the other in a pie factory. Her village has become sick, she runs to see if she can procure medicine from Mr. Lover.  Her: Where is your sweet Master? Mr Lover’s Personal Assistant: Asleep. Her: I must see him. Mr Lover’s Personal Assistant: My Master sees nobody when he's asleep.

Part of a series of drawings narrating the antics of an ex-care-worker living in a time gone by  employed in a grand old hospital. She has found their medicine stockpiles, and due to their market price, she has begun smuggling the medicines out of the factory in cherry pies via her second job. She then distributes the medicines among her family and ex-patients.

Smith started developing these drawings when she was working night shifts in a care home during the pandemic. 

 

Product Information

2023

Pencil on Paper

75cm x 51cm 

 

About the Artist

Daisy Smith (b.1995, Chelmsford, UK) works from a personal archive in which family members, friends, previous workplaces and living situations are situated within a backdrop of wider social dramas. Recently her work has been shown at EXiS Film Festival, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, B3 Festival of the Moving Image, Aesthetica Film Festival, CCA Glasgow, South London Gallery, De Ateliers and Nottingham Contemporary. She is a co-programmer of Mascara Film Club and Watchlist.

 

Collection and Shipping

This work is part of our 2024 Winter Fundraiser and will be available for collection or shipping from 14th - 20th December. Please note all items will be shipped via Royal Mail Tracked 24 unless stated otherwise.