Show at London Art Fair

Show with Alice Wilson at the 2014 London Art Fair with DOMOBAAL Gallery

Works shown here reflected my deep interest in landscape; how land is transformed into image and framed by historical precedents. Her photographs acknowledge their material nature – making visible the edges of their negative, their rigorous compositions, their celluloid origins.

‘Into the Woods’ are prints made from negatives which were cut into strips using a paper shredder. These negative strips were then placed on the darkroom enlarger and made into a print. The repetitive pattern and rough edges of the negative strips echo the nature of man-made woodlands – planted in serried rows to be cut down and pulped…

‘Borrowed Landscapes’ are prints made from cut negatives shaped to mimic the incidental landscape views framed in the background windows of 15th and 16th century portraits and religious images. The term ‘borrowed landscape’ is derived from traditional East Asian garden design where naturally occurring background features are incorporate dinto a garden scheme.