Nick Barker

 © Nick Barker
Red Landscape (above - original in colour) was recently shown in the Payroll Exhibition which was organised by Cooltan Arts. Over 30 artists covering a wide range of media showed their personal response to the word Payroll. The show took place in a large empty unit in the Elephant and Castle shopping centre - courtesy of Tesco Stores plc. 'Taken in Cheshire, I have hand-manipulated the image more or less eradicating the original photograph but making use of some of the shapes and textures. Despite this, for me there is still much of the initial scene present: - the cold winter day, the hard ground, the ominous presence of the farm tractor intruding from the left. Although the original subject/content my be somewhat subverted, my experiences and the meanings of the photography to me are not lost. The manipulation is part of a continuing development of my relationship and experience of the initial image.'


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