Skin-Changers
Michael St. Mark 2016
Debenhams, Welwyn Garden City Herts
Signed edition of 20 Lightjet prints on Kodak Metallic
Prints on aluminium Diabond also available (£50 supplement)
30″ x 25″
£400
Epitome of Grim
Michael St.Mark 2016
Winter Tenements, Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria.
In keeping with north England’s rain & sleet fest of December / January 2016
( spot the Christmas lights )
Photograph from 2013
Available in a signed edition of 20 aluminium ChromaLuxe® prints
30″ X 27″
£450
Monochrome version of this Work also available
Winter ( Black is Never Black )
Michael St.Mark, 2016
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Photograph taken in 2015. Skeletal trees silhouetted against the bleak winter sky.
Ancient oak woodland Herts.
The sky still retains a subtle mix of colours, just as the “black” tree trunks and branches still retain deep tints – a reminder that black is never black, just as bleak is never black, alluding to there always being hope in the midst of apparent total darkness.
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Available in a signed edition of 50, mounted on aluminium Diabond for exceptional durability and gallery spec finish.
30″ x 26″
£400
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Update, Jan 28th; news just in that Colin Vearncombe aka BLACK, who enjoyed wordwide success with the single ” Wonderful Life ” in 1987, was mourned yesterday by his fans after his death on Jan 26th from head injuries suffered in a car crash.
Not a co-incidence with the date of posting of this work to be mentioned with any joy, nevertheless perhaps its theme ” Black is never Black” is fitting for his family, friends and fans after leaving behind such an incredibly beautiful and touching song as a timeless gift to the world ( click on the header link to see the video )
Old Chatterbox / The Art of Communication
Michael St.Mark 2016
Beat-up Nokia relic from the noughties
Related Work No. 217 from 2011; Analogue Relic
” .. now as nothing but the dead past; the aerial battered, as if exhausted from the ordeal of decades of exposure to human noise and vision “
Related link. Work 264 from 2006 and further explored by Miranda Keeling; The Lost Art of Communication