(openPR) - Artereal
747 Darling St Rozelle, NSW 2039
Wed – Sat 11am – 5 pm
Opening: Thursday 10th March 2011 from 6-8 pm

Artist floor talk: Saturday 12th March 2011 3.30 – 4.30 pm

The Ever series forms part of an ongoing body of work by New York based photo artist Simone Douglas and coincides with Sydney’s Art Month 2011 Festival.

Ever is an investigation of photography in relation to the sublime, excess, immateriality and the perceptual uncertainty of the photograph itself.

The Ever images mark small events as potential acts of immensity. The images play with the ambiguity of appearances, utilising the contradiction between objective and subjective vision to explore the poetic aspect of photography.

Ever alludes to a mythical and spiritual relationship with the landscape and forces of nature as proximity and distance collapse. Crystalline, elemental cloudscapes, ruptures and fissures in the land form these cryptic images which are ‘real’ shots, but abstract in appearance and idea.

The works are micro in scale yet macro in vision and concept. Ocular perception, light and duration inform the conceptual basis for these images. The artist is looking at different modes of visual knowledge, and at how notions of image, perception and illusion can inform a view beyond site and seeing.

Simone’s work will also be exhibited in Photography and Place, curated by Judy Annear at AGNSW from 17th March – 29th May 2011.

For further information and high resolution images, please contact Rhianna Walcott rhianna@artereal.com.au or phone 02 9818 7473.

Artereal was founded in March 2006 and is housed in a restored 1890s heritage fire station building in Sydney’s inner west. Artereal has been established as a space for contemporary art with a focus on exhibitions with significant international content and heavy curatorial influence.

Artereal represents mid career and established artists while providing exhibition opportunities for emerging artists.
Exhibitions include: photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, video, print making and installation, with an exciting and varied program of curated group and solo exhibitions.

Artereal encourages variety and experimentation in contemporary art practice and aims to promote a greater appreciation for the vital role that artists play in our local and broader community.

Luisa Catanzaro – Founder

Artereal Gallery
747 Darling Street, Rozelle, NSW 2039 AUSTRALIA
+61 2 9818 7473
rhianna@artereal.com.au
Rhianna