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Gayle Chong Kwan @ William Morris Gallery
Gayle Chong Kwan: The People’s Forest
3 March – 20 May 2018
“The People’s Forest includes a series of photographic ‘forest portraits’ of people who have a special relationship with the forest, taken at sites that have a personal resonance for them. The subjects include conservation arborists who manage the Forest, a Forest Keeper and guide, a circus-trained aerialist who does her stretches in the forest, and an allotment holder with a plot on the edge of the forest. Chong Kwan photographs her sitters wearing sculptural headdresses created from photographic images of the forest complete with root, branch, and tendril-like forms cut directly into the surface. The headdresses are presented as three-dimensional sculptural works in the show. The works are informed by William Morris’ passion for the medieval epics, which he enacted during childhood play in Epping Forest, and the artist’s interest in the visual management and artifice of the Forest landscape.”
William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow, London
Location: England, London, United Kingdom Type: Exhibition
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