PRESS RELEASE
r e d g a l l e r y
contemporary art space
coming up at red gallery 30 september - 17 october 2009
JANE POYNTER AND CHRISTINE WOOD
One Place: Two Views
This exhibition takes the form of a photographic dialogue between two artists working with ideas of urban space and placement. For the past few months, Jane and Christine have embarked on numerous exploratory journeys around the streets of their North Melbourne neighbourhood. First scouting out locations of personal significance, the artists then travelled separately to these areas to capture images of the surrounding environment.
‘We both work from home, have family who live in the area, shop locally, and frequent the same dentist, doctor and coffee shops. We avoid leaving our space if possible and we often don’t leave for days on end. And although our paths cross daily, we only meet occasionally by chance and more often by arrangement. For this project we set out to explore our local environment separately to create a personal record and then bring our different views together in a single picture frame.’
Jane and Christine’s different interpretations of the same geographic terrain are presented in One Place: Two Views. This is the beginning of a visual map: a renegade cartography of local space.
Jane Poynter and Christine Wood are both photographers based in North Melbourne. They have been regularly exhibiting for over a decade, and have previously collaborated on several exhibitions.
EXHIBITION DATES: 30 September – 17 October, 2009
OPENING: Wednesday 30 September, 6 – 8 pm
GALLERY HOURS: Wednesday to Saturday, 11 – 5 pm
ADDRESS: 157 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North, 3068
For more information regarding this exhibition please contact the gallery
phone: +61 3 9482 3550 or
web: www.redgallery.com.au, http://oneplacetwoviews.tumblr.com/
