Metamorphosis. Hannah Whitaker, Ruth van Beek, Julie Cockburn

Defined as a process of transformation, Metamorphosis presents the work of three artists who explore the possibilities for evolution within the photographic medium.

Images are interfered with, fragmented, punctured, spliced and sewn - undergoing a compositional and physical change. The exhibition looks at their varied and expansive processes, from the ‘in-camera’ light based and systematic interventions of Hannah Whitaker, to the hybrid collage works of Ruth van Beek, and the embroidered and embellished found photography of Julie Cockburn. The artists are linked by their manipulative artistic strategies, their material experimentation, and by the sense of alchemic exploration that occurs in their photographs.