Inside Out

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John Hurrel has recently reviewed the George Fraser exhibition on his eyeCONTACT blog: "a forum built to encourage art reviews and critical discussion about the visual culture of Aotearoa New Zealand." This is what he had to say about my work:

Karen Crisp’s very precise coloured images first impressed me in a Bath Street group show last year. These photographs too are remarkable. They have a subtle dreamlike (or fairytale) quality, a sense of otherworldliness. Their haunting atmosphere draws you back for repeated viewings - for their dimension of strange ‘oddness’ is hard to put your finger on. They are not creepy, just very mysterious. Nor are they ‘over the top.’ Everything is tightly controlled, nuanced and discreet.

The rest can be found here.

Outside Invitation

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Lot 33: Rotorua (Tikitapu)

PhotoForum Fundraising Auction at Webb's, 7:00 tonight.

London

I found my London series of photographs on the PhotoForum website the other day. I had almost forgotten that they have been archived there. I submitted the work to the up:date// The Active Eye photography survey, not long after returning to NZ after nearly a decade in London. This series of work was submitted for my BA examination when I was studying at the London College of Communication. I can't seem to link to my page, but by clicking on search, artists or categories can be found. A friend helped with the Photoshop, and it is much more crunchy than my personal aesthetic. I avoid the unsharp mask.

Government Gardens

Government Gardens, as seen in the Elam installation shot I posted earlier in the week. I'm about to leave on a photographic trip now; no internet where I'm going so next post will be on Tuesday when I get back.

Anzac Valley

And this is the promo shot on the George Fraser Gallery website.

Outside #2

The image I wanted to post yesterday. (Click on image to enlarge.) This was last year when our river flooded. I think it's the third or fourth time that water has run through the playhouse over the last few years - I guess we should move it. Would quite like to keep chickens in it sometime.