FOUND IN TRANSLATION
2 - 19 NOVEMBER 2017
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The contemporary use of language has transformed the way we communicate. The political landscape is a world that embraces ‘double-speak’, a world where we have to decipher the underlying meaning or message. The title for this exhibition Found in Translation is also a form of ‘double-speak’ as it is a playful response to a phrase “lost in translation” which indicates the difficulty of communicating ideas directly across a cultural divide.
In this exhibition Susan Andrews, Nicole Ellis and Judy Marsh traverse the field of abstraction to explore common interests of colour, line, shape and space. These shared interests broaden to evoke cultural and metaphorical associations when materials such as painted industrial fabric and plywood replace the conventional stretcher and painted canvas.
The common language in this exhibition; its codes and conventions are reimagined and transformed into another shared language of perception, where visual communication is not bound by a single viewpoint but one with the potential to embrace ‘others’ aesthetic experience.
Photos courtesy Document Photography
In this exhibition Susan Andrews, Nicole Ellis and Judy Marsh traverse the field of abstraction to explore common interests of colour, line, shape and space. These shared interests broaden to evoke cultural and metaphorical associations when materials such as painted industrial fabric and plywood replace the conventional stretcher and painted canvas.
The common language in this exhibition; its codes and conventions are reimagined and transformed into another shared language of perception, where visual communication is not bound by a single viewpoint but one with the potential to embrace ‘others’ aesthetic experience.
Photos courtesy Document Photography