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Sara Davies
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Sara Davies work is commenting on the tradition of viewing and recording landscapes. She is tracing the signs of the rural within cities. Her work is looking at the tension between natural and manmade structures questioning these conditions. She shows our cities very green but also highlights our complex relationship to this greenery. In 1994 Sara moved from a small town in Sweden to London and later Manchester. This shift from one culture to another, which also was a move from the countryside to a large city, left her with many questions. The central issue in her work has always been this move from countryside to city, a move many people have done through time. Sara completed a BA in Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, in 1999 and an MA in Visual Culture at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2003. She has exhibited in London, Manchester and Sweden. Recent projects include four pieces of public art works commissioned by GMPTE and Friends of Levenshulme Station. Her photographic work is of social documentary style but instead of simply taking pictures she sees herself as making pictures about her surrounding urban environment. Her aim is to construct images that will make people think about their surrounding environment and their function within the city.
Vistas: Boundaries,
Photographic print from series, 2005 |
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