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Joyce Campbell: L. A Botanical and Last Light
20 Feb 2010 – 09 May 2010
New Zealand artist Joyce Campbell exhibits L. A Botanical and Last Light – two bodies of work employing the historical photographic technologies of the ambrotype and daguerreotype.
Joyce Campbell LSA (Lysergic Acid Amide) from morning glory from the series LA Botanical 2006–7. Ambrotype. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
About this Exhibition
New Zealand artist Joyce Campbell exhibits two bodies of work for Christchurch Art Gallery: LA Botanical and Last Light.
Campbell employs two historical photographic technologies – the ambrotype and the daguerreotype – to create arresting, otherworldly images.
In LA Botanical her delicate ambrotypes (negative images on glass that appear positive against a black backdrop) depict medicinal flowers and herbs that have the power to sustain or kill.
The daguerreotypes of Last Light are the results of Campbell's 2006 trip to Antarctica, and record a landscape that can be eerie and at times redolent of menace.
Current Exhibitions
Jae Hoon Lee Annapurna 2010. Digital photograph. Commissioned in 2010 for Springboard
Jae Hoon Lee: Annapurna
Nov 2010 – Sep 2012
Forecourt
Julia Morison Aibohphobia 2011. Acrylic paint
Julia Morison: Aibohphobia
Jun 2011 – Sep 2012
Forecourt
Wayne Youle I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour (detail) 2011. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Wayne Youle: I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour
Ongoing