YiMiao Shih: Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit
29 March – 14 July 2019
Exhibited at the House of Illustration
An embroidered satire on Brexit by our 2019 Illustrator in Residence.
Over a six-month residency at House of Illustration, YiMiao Shih wove a parallel universe in which the UK has voted not for Brexit but 'Rabbrexit': the expulsion of rabbits from the country.
For Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit, Shih created a series of ‘relics’ from the UK’s imaginary rabbit population, including large-scale embroidered epics, newly minted 52p and 48p coins and aeroplane landing cards for rabbits stripped of their British citizenship.
These satirical pieces draw together Shih’s real-world observations of the nationalistic fervor, economic uncertainty and fragmentation of societal bonds brought about by Brexit.
Selected reviews and articles
A glorious and much-need laugh in the gathering dark...
48p coin, engraving on fossilised rabbit bone.
All artworks © collection of YiMiao Shih
All photographs © Justin Piperger