The 'Full moon'series of photographs, which have taken Darren Almond to every continent over a period of 13 years, are taken under the light of a full moon using long exposure, enabling details undetectable to the human eye to be revealed.
For works in this show he has traveled to Patagonia, Tasmania, Cape Verde and the Outer Hebrides. While depicting disparate lands, the works all embody Almond's interest in time, both as an actual, lived experience as well as a cultural and historical construct. They acknowledge his deep connection to particular landscapes, and map the artist's personal interest in its geology, myth and history.
Between an empty space and myself, there were only spectacular nature with full moon's lights and it's energy around my body existed. His enormous photographs have totally caught my vision and my breath.
This whole experience in the show is very strange but nice feeling like a good sex.
Contrasting with the expansive scale of the photographs, these small hand-polished columns of bronze are filled with lead and engraved with the astronaut's initials, identifying the individual. Like the standing stones, these works represent a sculptural connection between man and moon, and a method of mapping visible and invisible space.
22 January - 13 April 2014
South Galleries
WHITE CUBE Bermondsey
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