Illuminated Books
HAMISH TOCHER
The images in Illuminated Books are re-photographed pages of a book titled Roman Portraits depicting black and white photographs of Roman portrait busts. Onto each portrait I have projected another portrait, overlaying one face with another to create a superimposed image. I was searching for similarities, matches, discontinuity and unlikely connections.
Art Exhibition
previously on
at
Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)
in
Fitzroy-Collingwood
precinct,
Victoria,
Australia.
From
Friday 03 April 2009 to Saturday 23 May 2009
Launch Thursday 02 April 2009, 6-8
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Event published by CCP on Thursday 26 March 2009.
Contact the publisher.
Many of the white marble statues that we are familiar with were most likely covered in coloured paint when they were first made. Thinking about them as coloured objects suggests a different reading of the sculptures, one that makes them more human and less divine. Illuminated Books tries to re-enliven or re-animate the portrait busts, as well as re-colour them.
CCP SHOP SPACE
