Fried-chicken art exhibited at Tottenham Hotspur stadium

Jack Hirons made the art using charred and crushed chicken bones

Fried-chicken artwork has gone on display in a gallery at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, paying homage to the "matchday ritual".

Artist Jack Hirons uses charred and crushed bones of fried chicken in his exhibition Fowl Play.

It features a stained-glass window that doubles as a chicken shop menu and a series of black-and-white paintings.

The exhibition is the 31-year-old's debut London solo show and runs until 11 May.

It is hosted in OOF, a contemporary art gallery inside the stadium grounds.

"It's interesting to present art to that audience," Mr Hirons told BBC London. "It's a long way from Mayfair, as a contemporary art gallery."

A stained-glass window doubles as a chicken shop menu

Mr Hirons, who now lives in Margate, said he started going to Tottenham Hotspur games when he moved to London as a student in 2012.

"The idea came from going to games and visiting Chick-King directly opposite the stadium," he said.

"It is definitely part of mine and lots of other people's matchday rituals. There is always a big queue. The interior feels really iconic."

Chickens in many forms feature in the exhibition, including The San Diego Chicken

Another painting features President Eisenhower

He began making the paintings in 2017 with discarded bones from the Tottenham High Road fast-food restaurant, which he blackened and ground into a dark pigment.

The result was a series of paintings about chickens, made from chicken bones. The stained glass also uses the custom-made pigment.

"Humans have been painting with animal bones for a long time," said Mr Hirons.

Jack Hirons with Tottenham Hotspur mascot Chirpy

• The family-run chicken shop with cult status

For him, the exhibition is about combining the fried chicken eaten before a game with the football club's cockerel logo, which features on the team's shirts and stadium.

"It's very site-specific," he said. "Contemporary art doesn't need to be this closed loop. Why not have it at a football match?"

All photos copyright: Jack Hirons, Courtesy OOF Gallery

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