| Abrams Claghorn Gallery 1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706 Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017 Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm |
Zoe Childerley travels far and wide to capture images that tell the stories of man and nature. In her ongoing series, Dinosaur Dust, she explores the communities on outskirts of Joshua Tree, California. Check out Dinosaur Dust, now on view at Abrams Claghorn through August 31st and read her interview from our Spring 2016 issue to learn more!
Dinosaur Dust // photograph // 12" x 12" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn
About Dinosaur Dust:
This body of work, called Dinosaur Dust, was made with the community based around the edge of Joshua Tree National Park in California during an artist in residence programme and subsequent visits.
It is an intimate portrait of a peripheral and charismatic community of the high desert,struggling to find meaning and moments of grace in a hostile environment. The work explores the encounters between people and nature, playing with light, impermanence and the faculties of seeing.
Working with the contrast of the black of the night and the blinding light of the day, this work investigates the narrative potential of photography in relation to its abstract capacities, bringing forth a reality that is simultaneously uncanny and unknowable. I am interested in landscape, and particularly in combining a desire to experience the‘sublime’ with the inexplicable seduction of the abyss.
In the American West everywhere has been conquered and exhausted, so people look to the desolate outposts and then to the heavens in search of the authentic wilderness. The images generate a powerful atmosphere and sense of place, one that is infused with the longing, uncertainty and expectation associated with the unseen.
It is an intimate portrait of a peripheral and charismatic community of the high desert,struggling to find meaning and moments of grace in a hostile environment. The work explores the encounters between people and nature, playing with light, impermanence and the faculties of seeing.
Working with the contrast of the black of the night and the blinding light of the day, this work investigates the narrative potential of photography in relation to its abstract capacities, bringing forth a reality that is simultaneously uncanny and unknowable. I am interested in landscape, and particularly in combining a desire to experience the‘sublime’ with the inexplicable seduction of the abyss.
In the American West everywhere has been conquered and exhausted, so people look to the desolate outposts and then to the heavens in search of the authentic wilderness. The images generate a powerful atmosphere and sense of place, one that is infused with the longing, uncertainty and expectation associated with the unseen.
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