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Elliot WILCOX
About the artist / A propos de l'artiste
BKRW is proud to publish the interesting work of young and talented photographer Elliott WILCOX "COURTS" : showing empty sport courts.
Courts
This work examines representations of the enclosed spaces of sports courts. In photographing the empty courts, absent of the fast paced action we are so familiar with, these environments reveal themselves in a new light.
The camera shows details that the viewer can see closely, revealing many subtleties that usually go unnoticed. The vivid stains, ball marks, blood and scratches force the viewer to focus on these details rather than just the court.
The courts have one single use – a ball game, with all their complicated rules and regulations. These normally sub conscious spaces become alive. Much like a gallery space is missed to the artwork, the space of these courts is missed to the sport. These large format images are slow and deliberate.
The non-judgemental image creates an experience to explore, a path to revealing the unnoticed and exposing the unexposed, consequently romanticising the courts.
Bio
Elliott Wilcox is a South Coast based, British photographer who graduated from the University of Wales, Newport with a BA in Photographic Art in 2008. He has been the recipient of several awards including a Judges Award at the Nikon Discovery Awards and a New York Photo Award in 2009.
Elliott has exhibited internationally and in the UK, his work was part of Singapore’s first International Photography Festival and selected for both Catalyst Arts Belfast and the Crane Kalman Gallery Brighton’s Graduate showcase exhibitions.
His work is set to be featured in the Magenta Foundation’s latest publication on the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent, ‘Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2009’, The New York Photography Festival and in the New York Photo Awards Annual 2009.
Forthcoming projects for 2009 include an artist run exhibition featuring works from artists affiliated with ‘MurmurArt’ which is set to run in autumn 2009. Later this year Elliott is set to start a Masters degree in London, he hopes to continue developing his photographic practice and pushing the boundaries of his medium. Elliott is currently working on his latest project ‘Courts’.
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