Keith Arnatt
A.O.N.B (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), 1982-84
Gelatin Silver Print
28 x 35.6 cms
11 1/8 x 14 1/8 ins
11 1/8 x 14 1/8 ins
10341
Provenance
The Artist's EstateThis print is registered with the Keith Arnatt Estate under inventory number AE3 005 01 111.
Exhibitions
A Green and Pleasant Land: Landscape and the imagination, 1970-now, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 2017-18 (This print)Modern Nature. Photographs from the Hyman Collection, Hepworth Wakefield, 2018-19. (This print)
'Landscape Trauma' at the Centre for British Photography, London (8 June - 24 September 2023)
Literature
Martin Caiger-Smith, 'Rubbish and Recollections', Photographers' Gallery, London, 1989.Exhibition catalogue, 'Ruin Lust', Tate Britain, London, 2014.
In the series A.N.O.B (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), produced between 1982 and 1984, Keith Arnatt addresses what he characterised as the 'conjunction of beauty and banality'. The photographs in...
In the series A.N.O.B (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), produced between 1982 and 1984, Keith Arnatt addresses what he characterised as the 'conjunction of beauty and banality'. The photographs in the series were taken across England in areas classified for their natural beauty. However, Arnatt presents not just untouched beauty but also the intrusion of man, including vehicles, detritus and abandoned objects.
Image copyright: Keith Arnatt Estate
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
Image copyright: Keith Arnatt Estate
British Photography / The Hyman Collection