PRESS RELEASE 02/05/07
For Immediate Release

Representation, The Confliction Between Abstraction and Realism,
15th May 2007 - 18th May 2007, Private View 14th May 19.00 - 22.00, Et Cetera Gallery, Free Admission.

Hackney’s newly located Et Cetera Gallery will be opening its doors on Monday 14th May for the private view of ‘Representation, The Confliction Between Abstraction and Realism’. The exhibition focuses on the idea of how images can be depicted and the close relationship between the concept of abstract and the real.

The show will be displaying a range of photographic, art and installation work by four contemporary artists, Leigh-Anne Galloway, Josephine Jost, Decklan Kilfeather and Natalie Bennett.

Leigh-Anne Galloway, originally from South Africa lives in North London and is currently studying for her degree in media based practices and is soon to be embark on her masters. Her work focuses around her obsession with the current state of society with particular reference to mass consumerism and commodity values.
Attempting to push the boundaries of traditional photography using sculpture she claims, “My work lingers on the edge of photography and fine art”. Leigh-Anne Galloway states that her inspirations come from human nature and way that society forms it’s own values. She has recently been accepted for Art Below and will soon be exhibiting on the London Underground.

Josephine Jost currently living in East London is an artist who explores the relationship between figurative and abstract art within her work. Specialising in painting her style is both fluid and energetic. Josephine’s work is highly inspired by human interaction, close relationships and displays a “fragility in it’s nature”. Josephine has won the Napier Award of the Arts, is currently displaying her work in the I-2-U Gallery in Notting Hill, London and in December will be displaying her work in the Inspired Arts Fair in London.

Decklan Kilfeather also a London resident is an artist who is currently studying for a degree in fine art. Decklan’s work also explores the relationship between abstract and figurative forms of painting, by methods of anti-painting. Decklan claims “My practice seeks to engage with Process and the Gesture as ideological concepts and in doing so, uses the characteristic methods of these disciplines to question the values of these painterly methods.” Decklan Kilfeather has previously exhibited at M.O.T London and Ada St Gallery and will soon to be exhibiting in Manchester and further shows in London.

Natalie Bennett from Kent, is a moving and still image artist currently studying for her degree. Her work looks at the manipulation of light to explore alternative practices in creating pieces. Her current series “Exposed Spaces” explores the relationship of light and household objects through photographic means. She claims, “I want to explore the way photography and film is perceived and explore alternative methods of creating art”. Natalie Bennett’s previous involvement in film has seen her work touring in Slovenia and in various other places within Europe.


If you would like more information about this event, or to schedule an interview with Natalie Bennett, please call 07738956033 or email untitled99@hotmail.co.uk.