Following the conclusion of its UK tour, the photographer Kate Mellor presented Island: The Sea Front, for international tour.

As a pure spectacle of coastal light and luminosity Mellor’s photographs have few contemporary parallels. Viewers are seduced by the vibrancy and range of the British coastline which she has photographed using a panoramic camera. Taking Dover as her starting point, the traditional entry/exit point from Britain, Mellor has followed the coast at precise 50km intervals, completely encircling the island. The exhibition also seeks to question many of the underlying assumptions regarding the relationship of Britain to her European neighbours and analyses the background of our most persistent cultural constructs.

http://www.katemellor.org.uk/index.html

Glossary

  • Contemporary

    Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.