New Exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery
On Thin Ice
December 19, 2006 to January 20, 2007
The Stephen Lawrence Gallery is beginning its programme of exhibitions for 2007 with On Thin Ice, an exhibition of new photographic work by Rik Pinkcombe, which uses the frozen landscape as a metaphor through which to examine cultural identity and division. The exhibition will run until January 20, 2007.
Shot along the Canada/USA border at Niagara Falls, the images explore the cultural divisions signified in the fissures of the ice. Pinkcombe considers the experience of migration and the idea of the border as a force for both division and connection.
The work uses image distortion and manipulation to create misleading perceptions of perspective and scale, Pinkcombe draws on this sense of the artificial to reflect on the separation these borders impose.
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Notes to editors:
The Stephen Lawrence Gallery is located in Queen Anne Court at the University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
The gallery is open from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday. The gallery will be closed from December 22, 2006 to January 2, 2007.
This work was produced on the Autograph ABP Light Work Residency at Syracuse University, USA.
For more information and images please contact
Kathryn Jones
Public Relations
University of Greenwich
0208 331 9420
k.a.jones@gre.ac.uk
Kelly O’Reilly
Curator
Stephen Lawrence Gallery
020 8331 8988
k.oreilly@gre.ac.uk