'The Garden Gate' Photograph

MYTHOLOGY is a body of work first exhibited in Paris in 2004 which comprises nine large-scale photographic prints of iconic objects. Using a scanner, Neil Wood has taken very high-definition photographic slice out of an 'objet trouvé' and invented a mythological potential for each work. 'How are myths created?' Considering Roland Barthe’s seminal work ‘Mythologies’ where he describes the mechanics of myths as being shaped in the mind and in society by the written word, Wood has attempted to address these questions, with or without the care to infringe on the Barthe doctrine. Functional titles such as ’BLADES’ or ’TREE SNAKE’ are simply descriptive whereas the more compelling ‘GOD MANHATTAN’ or ‘GARDEN GATE’ have a post-rationalised feel to them which arguably, only add weight to Barthe’s idea that his own ‘Poulet-frites’ or ‘Citroën DS’ were accepted as popular myths because they had already been eulogised through language and the recounting of their stories through the popular media. The play and ambition of MYTHOLOGY seeks to examine our understanding of the mechanics of symbolism with the implied questions; what is a symbol? What object has cult status and why? To what extent does language construct form?

Photography:C-type on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:44.1 W x 65 H x 0.2 D in

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