Divided to the Ocean

Using the sea and the tide as metaphors, Divided to the Ocean considers the divisions of time, place and self, as well as the potential for melancholy, inherent in the process of migration. These portraits of individuals who have migrated to England by sea are composites, palimpsests of 24 images made over a period of time punctuated by high water. The subsequent backgrounds are the seascapes of the waters they crossed on their arrival. Ebbing and flowing, the sea both connects and divides the subjects from their land of origin.

With thanks to John Jones.

Contact & Information

[email protected]
www.jamesrussellcant.com

Jump to:

Select exhibitor Exhibitor Directory (All artists) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Christian Alegria Pascal Ancel Alexander Awramenko Pablo Baqué de Puig Ingrid Berthon-Moine Irina de Bertier de Sauvigny James Russell Cant Alicja Dobrucka Tania Dolvers Kate Elliott Emer Gillespie Karen Grainger Hester Jones Agata Kadenacy Simone Koch Gemma Land Jessie Mallock Elina Medley Marcia Michael Alisa Nikulina Diego Pagnotta Oiko Petersen Anna Positano Mark Russell Marie Schuller Chris Stockbridge Laura Thomas Catherine Wharfe

All work on this page
Copyright ©

Keith: Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica to London 1959

Simone: Uetze, Germany to Dover 1998

Basil: George Town, British Guyana to Southampton 1960

Emer: Galway, Ireland to Pembroke Dock 2006

Ruta: Trikata, Latvia to Harwich 1944 to 1951

Donal: Belfast, Northern Ireland to Preston 1973

Pauline: Belfast, Northern Ireland to Preston 1973

Uta: Osaka, Japan to London 1953

Kerttu: Urjala, Finland to Tilbury 1959 to 1960

Andy: George Town, British Guyana to Southampton 1960

Wallace: Birchip, Australia to London 1936