For Want of a Better Word

Overview

Harry Harlow controversially answered through monkey experimentation in the mid 1900s, what is despair? 1897 saw Tolstoy answering what is art? And in 2004 Ron Burgundy answered the deep-rooted question, what is love?

But one of many questions still remain. What is photography? At a glance it’s a snap – something taken, processed then scrapbooked depending on your age and hipness. But as David Chatfield, Emma Leslie, Felix Merry and Sarah Oxenham portray in the Hold Artspace’s latest exhibit For Want of a Better Word, there’s no simple answer to this age-old question.

The work of these four artists all differ significantly, but work together seeking to deconstruct traditional photography down to its base elements of light, surface, image and object. Through elements of installation, video, sculpture and wall based artwork, they’ll be exploring and challenging the traditional notions of photography and drilling them down to their very core.

Don’t miss out on this week long display – it’s an education second to an exhibition.