Philosophy of the Body
November 14 to November 22
Opening Friday 13 November, 6-8pm
Image: Robyn Ferrell, Paynes Grey Anatomy, 2015, photopolymer print on arches paper.
Philosophy of the
Body uses traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques to bring
to life the long history of imaging of the body. It reflects
on evocations of bodies sacred and profane - from x-rays to the
baroque, from medicine to imaginary anatomy, from the icon to the shroud
and from brass rubbing to reliquaries.
Philosophy
of the Body demonstrates the companionship of body and image, evoking
the methods of image-making belonging to the body - the stain, the line
drawing, shaping in fabric, wall-painting and iconography, captured in
photographs and penetrated in medical imaging. It refers to the parallel
history of printmaking in the use of old and new technologies like
etching, drypoint, brass rubbing, Japanese woodblocks, photopolymer and
digital printing.
ROBYN FERRELL is a printmaker with Terravita and is a member of the Warringah Printmaking Studio. View her work at http://robynferrell.weebly.com and http://terravita.weebly.
