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Review Oct 08 2009 « | »

Odette England opens a pop-up exhibition on the 8th October, World Sight Day, in the Entrance hall of the international law firm Lovells as part of murmurART's ongoing work with Lovells' Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

About the series

The Ishihara Colour Test is the most common clinical test for colour blindness in humans. But, like mirages and memories, the circles of randomised dots are just optical phenomena.

In this series, Odette England undertakes quasi-scientific experiments in manipulating the intended meaning and function of family photographs. Selectively and meticulously exposing personal snapshots through the Ishihara test plates, she explores how humans search, perceive and process imagery.

"The photographic artwork of Odette England is impressive on many levels, but what attracts me to her artwork the most, is the duality of its complex construction, i.e. her concern with form and structure, whilst also maintaining in her images the opportunity for the viewer to have a purely visceral response. She does not compromise visualness for concept. Attentional Landscapes deals with aspects of 'the photograph' that are at once complex in concept - time, memory, illusion; whilst at the same time igniting intrigue and the option for narrative invention through a quiet absence." Debra Klomp Ching, KLOMPCHING GALLERY, New York

About the artist

Odette England (b. 1975) is a BA and MA graduate of the University of South Australia. Her photographs have been exhibited in Europe, the USA and Australia, with recent solo exhibitions at Durham Art Gallery and at Three White Walls Gallery in Birmingham. Her work has also been included in recent group shows at KLOMPCHING GALLERY in New York, the Newspace Centre for Photography in Portland and London's HOST gallery.

Odette is a 2009 UK winner of the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographers competition. She has received various awards and honorary mentions for her work including in the 2009 Px3 De La Photographie Paris competition, the 2009 London International Creative Competition and the 2009 International Photography Awards.

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