Giclee on Somerset Velvet 330gsm Paper, Edition of 25, 60x60cm
Set against a searing, fluorescent orange backdrop, this polar bear doesn’t just appear — it confronts. Louise McNaught slices the bear’s form with vivid neon interruptions, as if its body is glitching under environmental pressure. Parts of the creature flicker in and out, dissolving into the heat-soaked void behind it.
The bear’s expression — a half-squint, half-knowing gaze — feels almost human, capturing the uneasy humour of a species built for ice now stranded in a world growing too warm. The upward drips act like melting signals, warning lines rising as temperatures do.