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Women In Photography - Lay of the Land

Past exhibition
15 October 2020 - 9 January 2021
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Women in Photography, Installation view, Informality 2020
Women in Photography, Installation view, Informality 2020

Co-curated by Virginia Woods-Jack

 

The exhibition ‘Women in Photography - Lay of the Land’ was developed from the metaphorical meaning of ‘Mother Nature’ as a life force and omnipresent nurturing energy. Each of the female artists explore the medium of photography, drawing inspiration from aspects in their own environments to investigate the relationship between land and identity, and how these are inextricably linked.

 

Artists include Kapwani Kiwanga, Dafna Talmor, Tamara Dean, Odette England, Brooke Holm, Virginia Woods-Jack, Katie Breckon, Siobhan McDonald, Meghann Riepenhoff, Katrin Koenning, Peta Clancy and Rhiannon Adam.

 

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Informality, 11 Market Place, Henley on Thames, UK

 

 

  • Read essay by Diane Smyth
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Press release

Informality is delighted to present its upcoming exhibition, entitled ‘Women in Photography - Lay of the Land’. The exhibition is co-curated by Virginia Woods-Jack, artist and founder of Women in Photography AU & NZ. The exhibition shows works from a selection of International female artists’ whose disciplines extend into photo-media.

 

Artists include Kapwani Kiwanga, Dafna Talmor, Tamara Dean, Odette England, Brooke Holm, Virginia Woods-Jack, Katie Breckon, Siobhan McDonald, Meghann Riepenhoff, Katrin Koenning, Peta Clancy and Rhiannon Adam.

 

The exhibition ‘Women in Photography - Lay of the Land’ was developed from the metaphorical meaning of ‘Mother Nature’ as a life force and omnipresent nurturing energy. Each of the female artists explore the medium of photography, drawing inspiration from aspects in their own environments to investigate the relationship between land and identity, and how these are inextricably linked.

 

Throughout the exhibition, the artists’ look beyond a strictly representational image, Meghan Riepenhoff’s large, verso cyanotypes hang untraditionally and embrace chance as they continue to be altered by the environment, constantly evolving and revealing themselves. British artist, Dafna Talmor slices negatives from an analogue camera, reforming fragments from memories to create an imaginary destination. Irish artist, Siobhan McDonald investigates time and the fragility of our climate crisis, by creating photograms of specimens from the earliest plants on earth that speak to the importance of plants and the changing state of the Earth’s atmosphere.

 

‘Women in Photography - Lay of the Land’ offers a mirror for us to examine our own lives, what does a landscape mean to us and what is it you see when you look at your surroundings, what emotions are evoked? During a time of displacement where travel has been restricted, discovering our environments gives us time to reflect and remind us that we are all connected.

 

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Installation Views
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Works
  • Endangered 8, 2018 Archival pigment print on cotton rag 150 x 200 cm 59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
    Endangered 8, 2018
    Archival pigment print on cotton rag
    150 x 200 cm
    59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
  • Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus Obliqua) Summer, 2018 Archival pigment print on cotton rag 75 x 100 cm 29 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
    Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus Obliqua) Summer, 2018
    Archival pigment print on cotton rag
    75 x 100 cm
    29 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
  • Wormwood in Spring, 2017 Archival pigment print on cotton rag 120 x 160 cm 47 1/4 x 63 in
    Wormwood in Spring, 2017
    Archival pigment print on cotton rag
    120 x 160 cm
    47 1/4 x 63 in
  • Littoral Drift #417 (Recto/Verso, South Beach, Lake Michigan, Sheboygan, WI 01.06.16, Five Overwash Waves, Draped Over Suncups and Corn Snow), 2016 Dynamic Cyanotype 106.7 x 246.4 cm 42 x 97 in
    Littoral Drift #417 (Recto/Verso, South Beach, Lake Michigan, Sheboygan, WI 01.06.16, Five Overwash Waves, Draped Over Suncups and Corn Snow), 2016
    Dynamic Cyanotype
    106.7 x 246.4 cm
    42 x 97 in
  • Littoral Drift #986 (Point White Beach, WA 03.21.18, Five Waves), 2018 Two Dynamic Cyanotypes 152.4 x 106.7 cm 60 x 42 in
    Littoral Drift #986 (Point White Beach, WA 03.21.18, Five Waves), 2018
    Two Dynamic Cyanotypes
    152.4 x 106.7 cm
    60 x 42 in
  • Eclipse I, 2019 Inkjet on archival paper 80 x 60 cm 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
    Eclipse I, 2019
    Inkjet on archival paper
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
  • Eclipse 6, 2019 Inkjet on archival paper 80 x 60 cm 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
    Eclipse 6, 2019
    Inkjet on archival paper
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
  • Fold #5 , 2019 Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s 50.8 x 61 cm 20 x 24 in
    Fold #5 , 2019
    Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s
    50.8 x 61 cm
    20 x 24 in
  • Fold #24 , 2019 Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s. 50.8 x 61 cm 20 x 24 in
    Fold #24 , 2019
    Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s.
    50.8 x 61 cm
    20 x 24 in
  • Fold #39, 2019 Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s. 50.8 x 61 cm 20 x 24 in
    Fold #39, 2019
    Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s.
    50.8 x 61 cm
    20 x 24 in
  • Fold #4 , 2019 Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s. 50.8 x 61 cm 20 x 24 in
    Fold #4 , 2019
    Unique gelatin silver print from a hand-folded and expired 6x7 film negative. Ilford warm-tone glossy fiber-based paper, hand-washed with selenium archival wash. Film expired in the 1990s.
    50.8 x 61 cm
    20 x 24 in
  • Untitled (GI -19191919191919-1), 2019 C-type handprint made from 7 negatives 152.4 x 69.6 cm 60 x 27 3/8 in
    Untitled (GI -19191919191919-1), 2019
    C-type handprint made from 7 negatives
    152.4 x 69.6 cm
    60 x 27 3/8 in
  • Untitled (GI -1919191919191919-1), 2019 C-type handprint made from 8 negatives 81.8 x 101.6 cm 32 1/4 x 40 in
    Untitled (GI -1919191919191919-1), 2019
    C-type handprint made from 8 negatives
    81.8 x 101.6 cm
    32 1/4 x 40 in
  • Controlled Burn #1 , 2019 Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper 92 x 62 cm 36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in
    Controlled Burn #1 , 2019
    Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper
    92 x 62 cm
    36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in
  • Controlled Burn #2 , 2019 Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper 92 x 62 cm 36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in
    Controlled Burn #2 , 2019
    Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper
    92 x 62 cm
    36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in
  • Controlled Burn #3 , 2019 Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper 92 x 62 cm 36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in
    Controlled Burn #3 , 2019
    Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper
    92 x 62 cm
    36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in
  • Cushana and the Frigates, Down Landing, 2018 inkjet - german etching 34 x 48 cm 13 3/8 x 18 7/8 in
    Cushana and the Frigates, Down Landing, 2018
    inkjet - german etching
    34 x 48 cm
    13 3/8 x 18 7/8 in
  • Southern Mountain with Kimberley Ochre Stain, 2018 Enlarged Tintype, Pigment Print, Hahnemuhle Photo, Rag Baryta Paper 51 x 41 cm 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 in
    Southern Mountain with Kimberley Ochre Stain, 2018
    Enlarged Tintype, Pigment Print, Hahnemuhle Photo, Rag Baryta Paper
    51 x 41 cm
    20 1/8 x 16 1/8 in
  • Two Homes, Deep South and Kimberley Stains , 2017 Pigment Print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 92 x 87 cm 36 1/4 x 34 1/4 in
    Two Homes, Deep South and Kimberley Stains , 2017
    Pigment Print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
    92 x 87 cm
    36 1/4 x 34 1/4 in
  • Undercurrent , 2018-19 Inkjet Pigment Print 150 x 106 cm 59 1/8 x 41 3/4 in
    Undercurrent , 2018-19
    Inkjet Pigment Print
    150 x 106 cm
    59 1/8 x 41 3/4 in
  • Undercurrent, 2018-19 Inkjet Pigment Print 150 x 106 cm 59 1/8 x 41 3/4 in
    Undercurrent, 2018-19
    Inkjet Pigment Print
    150 x 106 cm
    59 1/8 x 41 3/4 in
  • Lake Mountain, 2018 Archival pigment print 80 x 100 cm (each piece) 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
    Lake Mountain, 2018
    Archival pigment print
    80 x 100 cm (each piece)
    31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
News
  • Essay: Women in Photography - Lay of the Land

    Essay: Women in Photography - Lay of the Land

    By Diane Smyth Read more
Videos
  • Katie Breckon

    Katie Breckon

    Watch the artist making work in the Western Australian Outback Read more
  • Virginia Woods-Jack

    Virginia Woods-Jack

    Watch a video on the artist's residency at K’gari, Australia Read more

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  • Tamara Dean

    Tamara Dean

  • Brooke Holm

    Brooke Holm

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