Lamb to the slaughter

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter IX. Ink on Fabriano 210mm x 
230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter VIII. Ink on Fabriano. 210mm x 
230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter series. Ink and cotton waste on 

Fabriano. 210mm x 230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter X. Ink and cotton waste on 
Fabriano. 210mm x 230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter XI. Ink and cotton waste on 
Fabriano. 210mm x 230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter XII. Ink and cotton waste on 
Fabriano. 210mm x 230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter XIII. Ink and cotton waste on 
Fabriano. 210mm x 230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter III (above) & I (below). Ink on 

Fabriano. 210mm x 230mm.

Ann-Marie Tully, Lamb to the slaughter VI. Ink on Fabriano. 210mm x 

230mm

The Lamb to the slaughter (ink on paper) series references the popular idiom ‘lamb to the slaughter’, which is used in innumerable contexts to reference a passive figure’s victimisation. This menacing idiom is used with no thought  for the industrialised slaughter of the animals whose name and experience is ‘offered up’. The less detailed rendering of the sheep/lamb figures in this series evokes this reduction of sentience.