Women In Photography - Lay of the Land
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
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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Endangered 8, 2018Archival pigment print on cotton rag150 x 200 cm
59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in -
Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus Obliqua) Summer, 2018Archival pigment print on cotton rag75 x 100 cm
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Wormwood in Spring, 2017Archival pigment print on cotton rag120 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), 2016Dynamic Cyanotype106.7 x 246.4 cm
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Littoral Drift #986 (Point White Beach, WA 03.21.18, Five Waves), 2018Two Dynamic Cyanotypes152.4 x 106.7 cm
60 x 42 in -
Eclipse I, 2019Inkjet on archival paper80 x 60 cm
31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in -
Eclipse 6, 2019Inkjet on archival paper80 x 60 cm
31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in -
Fold #5 , 2019Unique 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 1990s50.8 x 61 cm
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Fold #24 , 2019Unique 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
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Fold #39, 2019Unique 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
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Fold #4 , 2019Unique 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
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Untitled (GI -19191919191919-1), 2019C-type handprint made from 7 negatives152.4 x 69.6 cm
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Untitled (GI -1919191919191919-1), 2019C-type handprint made from 8 negatives81.8 x 101.6 cm
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Controlled Burn #1 , 2019Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper92 x 62 cm
36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in -
Controlled Burn #2 , 2019Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper92 x 62 cm
36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in -
Controlled Burn #3 , 2019Archival pigment ink print Ilford cotton rag paper92 x 62 cm
36 1/4 x 24 3/8 in -
Cushana and the Frigates, Down Landing, 2018inkjet - german etching34 x 48 cm
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Southern Mountain with Kimberley Ochre Stain, 2018Enlarged Tintype, Pigment Print, Hahnemuhle Photo, Rag Baryta Paper51 x 41 cm
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Two Homes, Deep South and Kimberley Stains , 2017Pigment Print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
92 x 87 cm
36 1/4 x 34 1/4 in -
Undercurrent , 2018-19Inkjet Pigment Print150 x 106 cm
59 1/8 x 41 3/4 in -
Undercurrent, 2018-19Inkjet Pigment Print150 x 106 cm
59 1/8 x 41 3/4 in -
Lake Mountain, 2018Archival pigment print80 x 100 cm (each piece)
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in