Artist: Kelly Richardson

Title: Orion Tide (Edition) II

Medium: Giclée print on Hannemuhle Photo Rag

Dimensions: 57.55cm x 57.55cm

Year: 2012

Edition: 100 (numbers 1 to 20 sold only as a pair) + 3A/Ps

 

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Orion Tide (Edition) I & II is a diptych featuring a desert landscape at night with what appears to be numerous spacecraft or vessels leaving planet earth. Is this space exploration on a grand scale or is this some kind of mass exodus?

 

Kelly Richardson often creates ambiguous works that provoke a mixture of contrasting emotions in the viewer. Orion Tide (Edition) I & II could present a number of scenarios – a mass departure from earth, war, or an army of space probes – all of which connote a kind of contemporary sublime, beautiful but equally terrifying.

 

The prints were developed from a large-scale photographic work, Orion Tide, commissioned by National Glass Centre, Sunderland. The work is exhibited there from 31st May until 9th September 2012.

 

Orion Tide (Edition) I & II are available to purchase either as a diptych or individually. Numbers 1 to 20 from each edition will only be sold as a pair.

 

Click HERE to see details of Orion Tide (Edition) I.

 

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Orion Tide (Edition) II

Price: £200 GBP (unframed)

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Orion Tide (Edition) I & II

Price: £350 GBP (unframed)