In Label Queen of Hungary a figure is incarcerated behind the grid of luggage labels. The catalogue for the exhibition Choice Bread, held at the Paton Gallery in London in 1997, quotes Guild on this work as follows: "by painting systematic rows of labels, a grid is created within which the portrait is constrained. The Labels represent social and cultural conditioning."

Derrick Guild, born 1963

Born in Perth, Guild trained at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1982 to 1987. Since graduating he has exhibited widely in Britain and America, with solo shows in London and New York. In 1995 the award of the Villiers David Scholarship allowed him to travel to Spain, where he was greatly influenced by the country's painting and culture.