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Anna Nazzari- The Oracle 19th April - 18th May 2013 (Top Photo) September 10, september 11, september 12, September 13 Archival Inkjet print 55 cm x 60 cm (x4) 2013
(Middle Photo) Ghost Ship Archival inkjet print 60 cm x 61 cm 2012
(Bottom Photo) Going home 1, Going home 2, Going home 3 Archival inkjet print 60 cm x 38 cm 2013
Week Twelve. (Stuart Elliot and Anna Nazzari)
So week twelve at the turner galleries, I've been half dreading half excited to write this blog. There is just too much that I could say about Stuart Elliot's work in particular. We plodded along to the turner gallery, preparing to be wowed and boy were my prayers answered this week. In the front room were some pieces of Stuart Elliot, I didn't take much notice of the paintings and strange figures and moved into the first gallery room. Upon entry I was nearly knocked off my feet by the enormous amount of work in front of me, but I had to move on into the next room before I got swallowed up. So into the back room to view Anna Nazzari's work, I wasn't impressed. Sure the fluorescent colours and narrative pieces grabbed my curiosity at first, It was lost when I saw those damn diorama boxes and tanks. I really thought all the magic and intrigue of the work was ripped away from us and it became grounded. I could not view the work the same way, she did herself a disservice. Back into Elliot's world I went and I was completely taken by it again! I wont feed you too much info of it otherwise my critique will have nothing left to say, just kidding I could keep going on forever about is work. It spoke dark industrial age, then of destruction and painted abandoned apocalyptic scenes, and weird tongue/plant creatures taking over everything and all this meaning just kept pouring out throughout the work. And then it hit me.. Where are the people? "Oh dear" I thought, was he showing us the end of the world? Was all lost in this future? I went back into the front room again and saw those people, but I don't believe they were people at all but they were the weird tongue things because they all had the same slash down the back... creeeepy So many links between each of his works nearly made my head explode.
Such skillful making, beautiful paintings, and what a concept. Just Fantastic!
