Body of Work - The Black Rose @ Art Gallery of SA 2015 Exhibition
Source - Interwebs - http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/parke/index.php?obj_id=series&nav=10
What I think -
I know Trent Parke has been mentioned in class but I can't not include this body of work into my research file - I'm too obsessed with it!
This oceanic, galactic construction appears in the first room of the exhibition alongside numerous fragments of abstract thoughts that point towards the universe and existence. Hanging photographs that line the walls are hosting the only available light; previously captured and then momentarily projected onto the viewer. Parke's process of transitioning and transforming light provides an insight into his worlds of imagination. Turn the page. Enter the next room.
Poignant moments in nature.
So I would like to draw attention to the image above (the Nullarbor) and below( ants on a Jatz biscuit) to exemplify Parkes ability to contrast the micro and the macro, scale and how space can be perceived through the human eye.
Firstly, it is such a wonderful observation in its first instance and secondly, I want to talk about context A) Tim Winton - both creators enable a sensory experience you can taste and feel their content and B) Malcolm Gladwell - they both draw attention to the way in which we think and come to conclusions.
So by noticing that ants appear on biscuits as trees do in the Nullarbor there is this recognition of worlds existing in parrellel times on wholly different scales, quite unaware of one another but ultimately in sync in existence.
Through Parke's unique worldly explorations a sense of clarity and understanding is achieved.
