Once Viewed from Afar (9th-15th April 2010)
Once Viewed from Afar (9th-15th April 2010).
After receiving fantastic write ups in the London Metro; London Paper; A-N; Pluk and Art, Art, Art magazine following their Cork Street Show in London; Crew and Holman’s "Once Viewed from Afar" descends on the Centrespace Gallery (www.centrespacegallery.com) in heart of Bristol in April.
Working in separate mediums of photography and paint, Crew and Holman combine their concern for the demise of the English countryside. Holman chooses to take refuge in a fictional rural idyll, with a childlike wonder expressed through vivid colour and surface pattern. While Crew tackles her anxiety through character creation, showing once wild animals as domesticated, light heartedly telling the story of creatures in search of a new habitat within the blurring boundaries of country and city. Speaking to Creative Update, Crew explains "In many ways the photograph becomes a stage set, with props, actors and a story that needs to be told, showing this through a photograph can create an engagement and interaction with the viewers."
Explore further work by Sarah Crew at www.sarahcrew.com
