This thread of natural destruction is interwoven with the devastation and trauma of 7 October, offering a further, metaphorical, layering. The Falcon…, for example, aims to convey a sense of doom and the artist’s feelings about the war in the Middle East. The series was named from an excerpt of the poem The Second Coming by WB Yeats, which he wrote after World War I and the flu epidemic of the time, both of which devastated whole communities. The title of the poem, which is usually a Christian reference to the return of Christ to save the world from the final battle of destruction, can be seen instead as a powerful evocation of the dark times we all seem to be in presently.
It may take some time to decipher all the details within Noah’s Woods as a whole, but a slow observing will more than reward the viewer who takes the time to do so.
By Rachel Garfield
Header photo: Trust and Betrayal by Katy Sayers Green © Aleks Faust
Katy Sayers Green: Noah’s Woods – Stories of Cultural Memory and the Natural World runs until Friday 20 February. Felstead Art @ 60 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8HP. felsteadart.com
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