The Secret Life of Rust
NEW photography by Vikimages is on display now in the gallery
Three selections from the 'Rust' series. All of the 18 images are in the block mounted format. The metallic finish lends itself brilliantly to the graphic, abstract textures.
The 18 images are printed on metallic endura paper and block mounted.
About the images................
My latest collection of images evolved out of a renewed creative interest in my own backyard. Intentionally untangling myself psychologically from preconceptions of what to photograph, the only objective was to be out wandering with the camera on the rare afternoons during the winter bleakness that the sun came out to play.
I knew I wanted to harness my growing interest in the dynamics of texture and colour. Additionally I wanted to keep exploring the qualities and stories inherent in the simplest of objects that surround us; if we only take the time out to let them present themselves.
During my recent winter sauntering, what presented in all it’s
decaying, oxidising glory was RUST.
Not exactly a revelation in such an environment! Old car wrecks that I had photographed years before appeared before me with a renewed complexity. How intriguing the process of oxidisation is. Rust is alive, it’s layers denote past, present and future.
Traipsing around the opal fields, the collection just emerged organically right before my eyes. A random midday stroll with a friend presented a rusty plethora of corroded storylines on forty four gallon drums. Though grey and bleak at the time, one glance and I knew that it only took a vivid afternoon glow to morph the mundane into abstract magnificence.
As the process evolved over days and weeks the colour and detail became the focus and my vision narrowed.
The graphic strokes of the grinder against varying hues of vivid blue paint and intense ochre corrosion reveal the secret life of rust. A life that if we are to go by the dictionary meaning of rust, is one of decline, decay and deterioration.
On closer inspection; rust emerges as a continual process of growth and change and to me, another opportunity to discover artistry in the everyday.
THE KINGS SCHOOL ART SHOW 2010
Friday 27th August - Sunday 29th at the Kings School, Parramatta NSW.
John Murray gets an annual invitation to hang works at this prestigious show and he welcomes the opportunity to showcase his originals to a Sydney audience. For tickets to the Friday opening and any other information, click here to be directed to the Kings Art Show website
'Budgie Smugglers'
'Shearers Amenities'
'Hard to Swallow'
'Are We There Yet'
'Sexy Girls Stylin Up'
Just Passing Through.....photography by Vikimages
Featuring at John Murray Art Gallery June 1-13
Viki Murray has re-emerged as the creative force of Vikimages, with her latest offering of Just Passing Through.....hanging now at John Murray Art.
On Saturday June 29th a crowd of over 90 people gathered to celebrate the opening of the vibrant and evocative digital images. The photographer was both delighted and surprised at the positive response to her work, with the red dots flying soon after local dignitary and friend of the artist, Maxine OBrien officially opened the event. The still life series was particularly well received, as were 'Floating Prayers' and 'Daily Passages.
Viki and John Murray at their gallery for the opening
Viki and Sue Hynes in front of 'Look before passing' a collection of still life block mounted photographs
'Daily Passages' one of the highlights of Just Passing Through....