Robin Friend – Bastard Countryside CANADA rebellion and emotion

rebellion and emotion

the internal structure is made of timber while the external walls are clad in copper

Ten years ago

Employing the tenets of an artist's book while simultaneously functioning as the first monographic publication on Robert Janitz' work

Robin Friend – Bastard Countryside CANADA rebellion and emotionBastard Countryside is a collection of 15 years worth of exploration within the British landscape, dwelling on what Victor Hugo called the bastard countryside: somewhat ugly but bizarre, made up of two different natures. Melbourne born, London based Robin Friends large format colour images scrutinise these in between, unkempt, and often surreal marginal areas of the country, highlighting frictions between the pastoral sublime and the discarded, often