Richard Ketley
Johannesburg, Gauteng
My work explores the relationship between place and meaning
MessageCollection: In another country
I read somewhere that an artists practice should be a bit like a wagon trail across a prairie - the wagons dragged along slowly to some imagined destination, but surrounded by nimble outriders seeking possible new directions. My practice in December is always a bit like this - using the opportunity of a new location (this time Lacock in Wiltshire) and the absence of access to the normal materials and space of the studio to explore some new ideas and techniques. The works shown here are the result of this process. The miniseries “In another country” explores the idea of maps, imagined places, memory and how we interpret line and shape using 1950’s ordinance survey maps of the UK. Unlike most of my work these are all very small private pieces - never more than 35cm wide and 20 cm high.
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