Rhiannon Adam: Waiting for Paradise, Down Flatcher, 2022

£600£2,200

Available in four sizes:

29x43cm | Edition of 10
41x61cm | Edition of 7
61×90.5cm | Edition of 5
74x110cm | Edition of 3

Each edition size has two additional AP’s
Inkjet prints on German Etching
Signed by the artist
Accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity

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Description

Artwork info

“Down Flatcher is the home of Betty Christian. At one time, Betty ran a café from her home. This plastic tablecloth sits on the decked area, where her customers would sit. I couldn’t help but be struck between that image of paradise, and the version that we were apparently living in. Pitcairn is the epitome of Paradise for so many, and yet the reality is starkly different. Even on Pitcairn Island, the grass is greener elsewhere.” – Rhiannon Adam

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Big Fence / Pitcairn Island

The Pitcairn Islands are the last British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Pitcairn was permanently settled by the infamous Bounty mutineers and their Polynesian captives in 1790, and their descendents, now numbering fewer than 40, still live there today.

The tiny, isolated, volcanic island measures just two by one miles, is 400 nautical miles away from its nearest neighbour, and is the least populated jurisdiction in the world. Due to the infrequent supply ship schedule (the island’s only direct access), Rhiannon Adam was trapped on Pitcairn for three months, spending two of those living at Big Fence… READ MORE

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Artist Bio

Rhiannon Adam is a photographic artist, born in Cork, Ireland, in 1985. She currently lives and works between London and the US.

In 1992, her parents sold everything they owned and bought a live-aboard sailing boat, Jannes. From that point, her childhood became nomadic, moving from place to place, mainly around South America and the Caribbean. She eventually moved to London as a teenager to live her with aunt, enabling her to begin mainstream education. She later studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and at the University of Cambridge.

Adam’s work is centred on research-based, long-form, social documentary projects that make use of analogue photographic processes and archive materials, as well as her on-going obsession with Polaroid and the materiality of the photographic image. Her early life experiences have had a lasting influence on her work, with a focus on remote communities, the concept of utopia, and the fine line between fact and fiction… READ MORE

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Additional information

Weight 1 kg
Size

29x43cm, 41x61cm, 61×90.5cm, 74x110cm

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