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Featured Artist
Gail Ritchie
January 2009
”Although no longer working in the field as an archaeological
excavator, my work plays with the traditions and conventions of
both visual art and archaeology, allowing both procedures to interlink
and interfere with each other.
There is a scientific element to the work reflecting a quest into
the truth about death and decay. The visual language used must be
as unflinching as forensics and the technique used to produce images
or sculpture reflects this. The image is distilled and free from
nostalgia.
Artefacts and animals which hold an aura of memory and meaning
and which may be enigmatic in terms of cultural and mythological
associations intrigue me. The work draws on many references, cultural
and historical and operates across a variety of means from installation,
to photography to sound and object based pieces.
I recycle motifs throughout my work, in whichever media, and this
reflects how the nature of meaning is fluid and changing. The recombination
of motifs energises possibilities within the narratives. In this
respect, all work to date is work in progress, a circular exploration
of memory and memorial.”
Gail Ritchie
Belfast, December 2008
You can find out more about Gail Ritchie and her work by visiting
her website : www.gailritchie.blogspot.com
Previous Featured Artists:
Nicola Donovan
Anna Farthing & Paul Gough
Anthony Boswell
Elizabeth Turrell
Gail Ritchie
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