Title: Hiroshima
Size: 55x45cm
Kirk Palmer
The series of 3 prints entitled Hiroshima, are photographic stills from a film of the same name made by the artist in Hiroshima earlier this year. The film and the photographs depict the city as it is now, without making any reference to its tragic past, in a bid to question the way in which history moves on from an event to such a degree that it is almost forgotten within the fabric of a city or culture. The interest in this work lies in all that is not said or depicted.
Artist Background
British artist Kirk Palmer completed a degree in film studies at Birkbeck College before doing an MA in photography at the Royal College of Art. He is represented by emerging young gallery Paradise Row, where he had his first solo show in June of this year.
Palmer’s work is centered on revisiting sites of historic importance and significance and examining them within a contemporary framework.