Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions) Artists / William Yang Sung Neungkyung and Yeo Un

Sung Neungkyung and Yeo Un

experiments and unlikely cultural references to create images that are at once deft and strangely virtuosic

The “banquet” of the title refers specifically to the objects and utensils laid out for consuming a meal

Matisse or Kahlo - Hirst or Emin - whose artworks have been the most influential

Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions) Artists / William Yang Sung Neungkyung and Yeo UnA crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the