Current Season Current Exhibitions Current Events Video Lounge Future Exhibitions Past Exhibitions Touring Exhibitions News Catalogues Online Projects How to propose an exhibition Exhibitions for Hire 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 Memento Flori February - March, 2002 Tue - Sun: 11.00am - 6.00pm Galleries One, Two and Foyer Renee Campbell Penelope Clay Tracy Cornish Karen Donnelly Paul Ferman Anne MacDonald David Parker Debra Reich This ravishing new exhibition of floral photographs meditates upon the image of the flower as an inspiration for eight contemporary Australian photo-artists. Playing on the medieval exhortation memento mori, "remember you will die", the works in the show penetrate the allegorical depths of flowers as emblems of mortality. Donnelly and Reich pay homage to nineteenth century botanical studies by capturing the complex structure and lyrical nature of both indigenous and exotic flora in the sensual surface of their prints. Cornish's cyanotypes produce a disquieting blue hue that envelops the viewer in their velvety texture. One can scent the transient nature of life hidden in the dark seduction of MacDonald's Victorian framed Petal series. In contrast the muted tones and pixels of Parkers contemporary series Mechanical Heart find pleasure in the digitisation of the macro image. Campbell's richly coloured digital prints are otherworldly in their abstracted aesthetic. Clay and Ferman's conceptual works are totems that contemplate the design and architecture of the natural world. Softly elegiac and subtly profound, the images in this exhibition will capture your emotions with their exquisite beauty and bittersweet poetry. Image Credits: • Anne MacDonald, Azalea from the series 'Petal', 2000 Terms and Conditions | © Copyright: Australian Centre for Photography, 2008. All Rights Reserved. Site by Suture Net | Hosting by Dreamhost