Angela Palmer British, b. 1957
Written in Stone: Journey from the South Pole (xi), 2023
Lewisian Gneiss, circa 3 billion years and White Anorthosite, circa 2.5 billion years, Isle of Harris
63 x 66.5 x 11 cm
24 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 4 1/4 in
24 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 4 1/4 in
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Angela Palmer's recent solo exhibition 'Deep Time' sought to illuminate the genesis of our nation, and in particular to highlight a fact to those of is living in the UK...
Angela Palmer's recent solo exhibition 'Deep Time' sought to illuminate the genesis of our nation, and in particular to highlight a fact to those of is living in the UK which few of us are aware: that the land on which we stand, and which Britons know as home, was originally located in the Southern Hemisphere, close to the South Pole.
Angela Palmer said of the exhibition : “When I began this project I had no idea that our country originated near the South Pole, and that for billions of years Scotland and Northern Ireland enjoyed an entirely separate existence on a different continent to England and Wales. It was only when the tectonic plates shifted that they collided and were physically united, just south of the Equator,
425m years ago.”
The artist continues, "England and Scotland were ‘stitched’ together as a united country at roughly the same location as today’s Anglo-Scottish border. I hope observers will unlock their imaginations and allow themselves to be propelled to the South Pole where the most ancient of these rocks in this exhibition began their journey - a silent world with little oxygen, with no trees
nor fish nor birds nor beasts.”
'Written in Stone: Journey from the South Pole' is a series of works that Palmer hopes bring to life this extraordinary journey and the unfathomably vast period of time. In this piece, Palmer has carefully selected stones that express the geological energy of the land being formed keeping much of the raw surface as it is and only polishing subtle elements to highlight its beauty.
Angela Palmer said of the exhibition : “When I began this project I had no idea that our country originated near the South Pole, and that for billions of years Scotland and Northern Ireland enjoyed an entirely separate existence on a different continent to England and Wales. It was only when the tectonic plates shifted that they collided and were physically united, just south of the Equator,
425m years ago.”
The artist continues, "England and Scotland were ‘stitched’ together as a united country at roughly the same location as today’s Anglo-Scottish border. I hope observers will unlock their imaginations and allow themselves to be propelled to the South Pole where the most ancient of these rocks in this exhibition began their journey - a silent world with little oxygen, with no trees
nor fish nor birds nor beasts.”
'Written in Stone: Journey from the South Pole' is a series of works that Palmer hopes bring to life this extraordinary journey and the unfathomably vast period of time. In this piece, Palmer has carefully selected stones that express the geological energy of the land being formed keeping much of the raw surface as it is and only polishing subtle elements to highlight its beauty.
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