over there

Invitation to Private View - Over There by Madeleine Strindberg
Over There by Madeleine Strindberg	Running parallel to the CAPPE Conference on The Politics of Space and Place, Madeleine Strindberg will be presenting the show Over There, an installation of recent works investigating the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.Sourced by several journeys to the conflict zone, the resulting paintings generate stark, enigmatic and surprising images. Whereas her photographs document a disturbing reality, in the paintings Strindberg succeeds in constructing a parallel world that is emotionally intense, pictorially inventive and stylistically unexpected.The focus of the work is on the architecture of the occupation: broken bodies, broken lives – spaces devoid of people.Throughout the exhibition Over There the viewer is confronted with the harsh reality of what life under occupation is like. These are not paintings ‘about’ Israel/Palestine but of places locked into a hopeless situation: spaces ruined by politics. Private View / Wednesday 16th September 5.00-8.00pm Exhibition / Wednesday 16th September - Saturday 3rd October 2009 Opening Hours: 10am-5pm (Monday - Saturday) Sallis Benney Theatre & Gallery, Grand Parade, University of Brighton, BN1 0JY Telephone: 01273 643010 also see madeleinestrindberg.typepad.com/madeleine_strindberg/over-there.html madeleinestrindberg.typepad.com/photos/over_there/index.html madeleinestrindberg.typepad.com/madeleine_strindberg/occupation.html