Jessica Saunders about EARTH exhibition

21 October 2020

"The title of Vlahov’s photographic series encapsulates, in only three words, all I have written above. In each of the three images, the authority of the human crumbles away. All encompass a human figure: naked, shrunken, and humbled by the larger landscape. The environment’s importance is honoured and homed in on, as the bodies that lie almost sacrificially are diminished by a greater presence. But, there is a resonating warmth from  these images too. The bodies are embraced by the earth, held by the curvatures, hollows, and gaps.
An equilibrium is reached when the power relations between humanity and nature are balanced out – it’s nature who allows the bodies in and in return the bodies are comforted, tranquil, and at rest.”

 

Jessica Saunders, Freelance writer & Guest Writer for ZEST

 

 

Jessica Saunders has selected only four representative artists/artworks to talk about in her review for ZEST Hall’s current exhibition “EARTH”. You can read her review by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

 

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