Comments on: The Vault; Marti Friedlander

By: James Gilberd

James Gilberd — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:03:40 +0000

That needed saying Andy. Well done. Good to see some critical writing to counter the seemingly naive opinion (on these photographers) held by the wider NZ art world.

By: Andy Palmer

Andy Palmer — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:49:49 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts AJT. They could lead to a long winded rant from me about the state of contemporary photography. But I’ll resist … for now.

By: AJT

AJT — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:43:58 +0000

I’ll dare to agree with your outlook on Neil Pardington’s book, his show of 50-odd pictures at the Christchurch Art Gallery was good, and a success, but I went to see him talk about the work and while he did go into some detail regarding the process of his work, he was missing some depth. It seemed the body of work was driven by a persistent curiosity, and was an investigation into the aesthetic of the spaces, but we were not really offered a good reason for the project other than that it might look good.