Perth Centre for Photography February 10, 2010
Posted by bohdan.warchomij in : Australian photographers, PCP , trackbackPCP is opening 2010 with two new exhibitions:
Christophe Canato “Ragamuffins” in Gallery One and Flavia Schuster “Stray Dogs and other Omens” in Gallery Two.
Christophe Canato
gallery one – 18 February, 6pm – 14 March, 4pm
Perth is the most isolated metropolis in the world. In the current context of globalisation, this Western Australian capital bears resemblence to our European Materialist societies. This urban environment has inspired photographer, Christophe Canato, to create a series of photographs entitled Ragamuffins.
Ragamuffins is a series of abandoned couches and armchairs throughout the streets of Perth and its surrounding suburbs. The census of objects of near human resemblance is based on the communal theme which focuseson consumer habits and human behaviours in our materialistic society.
From the frills of a flowery patterned grandmother chair to the cracks in a red-leather couch or the missing spring of a bargain recliner, the members of our community have left their mark on Christophe Canato’s photographs. These photographs also carry the stigma of our social classes, from the lowest to the highest, the industrious to the indolent, the blossoming to the withering.
Please visit http://www.christophecanato.com for more information about the artist
Flavia Schuster Stray Dogs and other Omens
gallery two – 18th Feburary, 6pm – 14th March, 4pm
Stray Dogs and Other Omens presents excerpts from Someone will say yes – a book Flavia edited in 2009. The book is a collection of photographs taken in South America, South East Asia, India, Latin America, Australia and Europe along with a selection of emails sent from those trips to family, friends and lovers from 2001 to 2009.
“What compels me to stop in the street and photograph strangers is pure impulse: A craving for the other person to notice me as much as I noticed them, and always to see how they mutate when they realise they are in frame. I make sure that my face is never hidden behind the camera when I photograph them. I hide it while composing the shot, then raise my face and look at them for a few seconds before I click. Those seconds create an awkward tension – giving the person time to rethink his or her persona, repose the pose. It is their choice to interact with me or with my camera. What interests me is the level of intimacy that can be created in any context, public or private, be it a silent flirt that mostly lasts seconds, or on occasion is built to friendships that last a lifetime”. Flavia Schuster
Please visit http://www.flaviaschuster.com for more information about the artist.
- Andaman Devil Photo Flavia Schuster
- Ragamuffin No 03 Photo Christophe Canato
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