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Edwin Hemsley
Livestock London and ConstantXposure Gallery
New York present the current work of Livestock's
founder, Edwin Hemsley. Two ongoing projects,
"Holy End" and "Wanelund" are brought together
in an exhibition of images and accompanying
poems related to us by the photographer.
Holy End
The "Holy End" images pay tribute to rare and
unique religious artifacts and sites from the
artists native England. The images are accompanied
by excerpts from Philip Larkin's poem "Church Going"
which questions the status and future of religious
sites and artifacts.
Wanelund
Subsequently, the images featured in "Wanelund" document
the exploration of a mysterious ancient woodland. Wanelund
means 'sacred grove' and may therefore have been a place
of worship before the Norman conquest. It is a very rare
example of a wood which has survived intact from the
Wildwood forest of prehistoric times and is still managed
as a traditional coppice-with-standards site featured in
the famous story "Children in the Wood", which will be
elaborated upon in later exhibitions. Both shows are
rich in symbolism and Celtic heritage.
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