Rachel Phillips

Divination by Time

2015

Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...

Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...

Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...

Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...

A stand of spinous silver birch gather, shining white against the inky night... Over a three-year period, Goodall has visited areas of British forest and moorland to make images that he refers to as being 'more akin to fairytale than documentary'. There is indeed an unreal quality to the images, and this is perhaps a result of using artificial lighting; it reminds one of those spooky, unnaturally lit forests we see in the movies. In the absence of any natural illumination (save for a few that include the moon), scenes are lit as if they are in a studio setting. This results in imagery that feels eerily unfamiliar; transporting the viewer from the recognisable landscape into a kind of liminal netherworld - it's the landscape, but not as we are used to seeing it. Goodall responds to this observation by speaking about the possibility of the darkness being seen as a metaphor for the unconscious mind; the 'light' of consciousness illuminates the known forms of tree and rock, but beyond these certainties lies the unknown. When your eyes have little information, your imagination takes over and fills in the gaps." - Jasper Goodall...

A group of moss draped fir trees dance together as if they were a coven of witches weaving incantations... "When your eyes have little information, your imagination takes over and fills in the gaps." - Jasper Goodall...

An immense beech pollard, cut in its youth hundreds of years ago, has developed dozens of thick branches from its spiralling trunk. One in a line of several very old beeches in Sussex woodland that may have marked a boundary or a long forgotten track. Artwork info: Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 8 +2AP This print is unframed but can be mounted on Dibond upon request (price upon application) and further framing options are also available - Please contact us at MMX Gallery for more details or purchase here the unframed print. About the Artist: Born in Birmingham in 1973, Jasper Goodall...

Original title: Silver Path, Twilight #35 by Jasper Goodall A silver path winds its way through twisted, towering beech trees; an invitation to step int...