Sun 29 Nov 2015: Four images from Atlantus project is exhibited in Quintessence – a group exhibition celebrating the first five years of Archisle: The Jersey Contemporary Photography Programme. Since its launch in 2011, Archisle has engaged diverse approaches to contemporary lens based media to lead creative research into the condition of ‘islandness’ In Quintessence, Curator, Gareth Syvret contrasts work in the Archisle collection in a group exhibition for the first time to ‘analyse the ways in which the islands’s culture and landscape has been interpreted by Jersey and international photographers.’ Artists represented in the Archisle collection were invited to nominate colleagues who have influenced or inspired their own visual language. The exhibition features works by: Martin Parr / Tony Ray-Jones / Jem Southam / Michelle Sank / David Goldblatt / Yury Toroptsov / Elsie Wright & Frances Griffiths / Tom Popé / Peter Finnemore / Mark Le Ruez / John Gibbons / Martin Toft / Finn Larsen.
Exhibition is open from 30 November 2015 to 2 January 2016. Private View is on Thurs 3 November. See you there!
