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Tuesday 8 March 2011

THE COLOUR RED - Gillian Hayes



William Eggleston said red was the most difficult colour to work with because he felt "it was if it was at war with all the other colours". In this project Gillian Hayes seems to have taken this head on, creating a stunning yet disturbing collection.

Gillian has created a series of 14 block mounted prints progressing from 1% to 100% red. ‘Red is such a heavily symbolic colour and one with a very paradoxical nature and association and this is what interests me along with the power and dominance of the colour visually (the contrast between a touch of red and an abundance of red). It is the colour of blood, it has strong references to war and destruction, in terms of Christian iconography the colour of the crucifixion and martyrs. On the flipside it is the colour associated with love, passion, warmth and prosperity.’  

 
See the full collection here.

All images copyright @GillianHayes

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