his Lloyd Godman exhibition again shows that crisp, clear vision we have come to expect from his work, Auckland seen from the ground up as no Aucklander sees it. This is not so much a homage to the city as a delightful, quirky, outsider’s view. There is something at once amusing and provocative in this vision of our Queen city. This is not a glossy presentation of the “City of Sails” but rather a city in decay, or at least a place reminded of its eventual past. Detail and texture offer us visual questions which have become the trademark of Godman’s work. In this exhibition he complements the photographic/drawn questions with a catalogue that deepens and sustains this questioning. Catalogues can help or hinder the understanding of works. Some indeed render images the viewer judges clear, totally opaque! This catalogue reveals the artists intent, his philosophy and the links these have with the images presented. Here photographs no longer can be discussed as records of the past but, by combining the drawn image, they become prophecies received from the past. Godman presents to the spectator a vision of the moment and complements that instant of communication with deeper questions within the catalogue. Nature here is observed from an often idiosyncratic angle, liberated from the confines of the rectangular format. Added to the photographic image is a drawn one, lovingly detailed and richly textured, emphasising Godman’s photographic trademark. What is clearly important are the questions we are confronted with.
Ken Laraman 1991
Below a selection of images fro the ebook
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Photo / Drawing works 1987 - 2001
Godman's work has always focused on environmental issues and in terms of photography,is always experimental pushing the boundaries. Drawing from Nature sees the experimentation
intersect the drawing photographic divide and fuse them in an
intriguing manner.
Drawing from Nature Ebook
ISBN: 978-1-923026-14-8
Now available as an ebook on
or as an interactive PDF via email
lloydgodman at gmail.
130 ebook spreads ( 260 pages)
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