Alice Stevenson is a London-based artist and educator whose work explores and visualizes ideas and narratives through a playful treatment of color, texture, and composition. Her practice is defined by a distinctive approach to illustration, which has garnered recognition from a wide range of international clients. She particularly excels in visually interpreting literary works, bringing a unique dimension to texts through her artistic lens. Her art celebrates narrative and visual imagination.
Artistic interventions are seen as delivering new perspectives on museum displays. Drawing on interventions in displays at the British Museum in London, the Egyptian Museum in Turin and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Alice Stevenson suggests a way forward for creative dialogue between contemporary artists and Egyptologists.
This Element addresses the cultural production of ancient Egypt in the museum as a mixture of multiple pasts and presents that cohere around collections; their artefacts, documentation, storage, research, and display.