Sophy Rickett is a visual artist working with photography, video installation and text. Much of her work has explored the tension between the narrative tendencies and abstract possibilities of the photographic image. Her works have a minimalist quality and create spatial plays and ambiguities that draw attention to the material nature of the photograph, rather than to the receding illusory space behind the picture plane.
‘On Being One’, curated by Phillip Lindley, brings together works from different series produced over the last 15 years, creating a new constellation of images and text to explore some of her ongoing interests in the new context of Wolfson College’s Combination Room.
From ‘Objects in the Field’ (2012) and ‘The Death of a Beautiful Subject’ (2016) to more recent work such as ‘There it is, the Soil’ (2022), her research process, which combines references to her subjective experience with primary research into specific contexts or environments that relate to archives, the heritage industry or the family archive, emerges as central to the development of her practice.
With landscape and the natural world as a backdrop, photography is evoked as a tool for seeing, processing, navigating and representing the world and its relations.
This exhibition is curated by Professor Phillip Lindley.
Viewing the exhibition:
The exhibition is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, 10.00-17.00, until Sunday 19 January.
Please note that the exhibition is occasionally unavailable, for instance during graduations.
It is advisable to contact the Porters’ Lodge in advance of your visit (01223 335900).
Access:
This exhibition is on display in the Combination Room on the first floor of our main building. It has step-free access with a lift and there is an accessible toilet located on the first floor of the building.
Facilities
- Disabled Accessibility
- wheelchair accessible
