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TIME History and the Future
GAIL RITCHIE Belfast, Northern Ireland
ANCESTRAL MEMORY 1 (2012) Gail Ritchie, collage on board, 30 x 40 cms
ANCESTRAL MEMORY 2 (2012) Gail Ritchie, collage on board, 30 x 40 cms
ANCESTRAL MEMORY 3 (2012) Gail Ritchie, collage on board, 30 x 40 cms Gail Ritchie presents a new 2012 series entitled 'Ancestral Memories' where she inserts herself into old family photographs to access memories which are not her own but part of Ritchie's genetic makeup. They are traditional collages, which have been scanned, then manipulated digitally.
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LYDIA HOLMES Belfast, Northern Ireland
ATLANTIS, LONDON (2011) Lydia Holmes collage on fabriano paper, 180 x 115 cms
Installation view of collages by Lydia Holmes Queen Street Studios Gallery, Belfast
From a distinctly feminine perspective, Lydia Holmes adopts a playful approach to the tensions between social and political subjects. Inspired by the ‘Futurist landscape’ imagined by members of the Futurist movement (1909-1944) she makes oblique references to the movement’s connections to Fascism. Her work parodies the irrational ideals of the Futurist’s visual language and the Fascist statements in their manifestos. However, she is not lodged in art history, rather Holmes takes an unapologetically contemporary approach that teases with today’s scientific and technological advancements. She invites the viewer into her strange world, populated by hybrid animals and living machines. _______________________________________________________________________________
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