Title: The glass archive /
Authors: Barrar, Wayne, 1957-; Wilder, Kelley E. 1971-; Forrester Gallery (Oamaru, N.Z.),
Year: 2016
Subjects: Barrar, Wayne, Exhibitions.; Barrar, Wayne, Expositions.; Photography, Artistic Exhibitions; Glass in art Exhibitions.; Photographie artistique Expositions.; Verre dans l'art Expositions.
Abstract: "The exhibition - Beneath an Ancient Sea: Oamaru and the Glass Archive - explores the story of diatomite visually. Forrester Gallery Director Jane Macknight says: "Victorian era Scientists and enthusiasts would extract the microscopic fossils found in the diatomite and display them in exquisite arrangements on glass slides. Viewed under a microscope these tiny fossils reveal an extraordinary hidden world". Internationally renowned NZ Photographer Wayne Barrar has created this exhibition which consists of a selection of 40 photographic prints: large format colour prints and traditional Victorian-era handmade albumen prints. The photographs represent a selection of images from Museum diatomite collections around the world, many of which came from Oamaru."--Publisher description.
Contents: Fields of vision : photographing the glass record / essay by Kelley Wilder -- The glass archive / essay by Wayne Barrar.