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The photographic image parallels the scientific gaze in the way that it can slice up the world for scrutiny and as evidence, but it also has the potential to cultivate a subjective response - by which the world is experienced as a whole and in which intrinsic value and mutual respect are possible. . Eye of the Storm - Susan Derges - Biography and Abstract EVOLUTION OF FORM Susan Derges Biography Susan Derges is an artist living and working in Devon and a research member of the "Coast Group", University of Plymouth, where she is a lecturer in Media Arts. A publication titled "River Taw" accompanying the show is available through Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London. Abstract What is the relationship between inner and outer, mental and physical, subjective and objective experience.

The residency was arranged by the Ruskin School of Drawing with the financial support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Southern Arts, and takes place as part of the Year of the Artist. . Interviews with the six shortlisted candidates took place late last year and it can now be announced that the post has been awarded to Susan Derges. Susan Derges studied at the Chelsea School of Art and Design and the Slade School of Fine Art. Much of her work is photographically based, often making exposures directly onto photographic paper without the use of a camera. The residency was arranged by the Ruskin School of Drawing with the financial support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Southern Arts, and takes place as part of the Year of the Artist. . Interviews with the six shortlisted candidates took place late last year and it can now be announced that the post has been awarded to Susan Derges. Susan Derges studied at the Chelsea School of Art and Design and the Slade School of Fine Art. Much of her work is photographically based, often making exposures directly onto photographic paper without the use of a camera. In the entranceway of the museum,a large plaque(written by Denise Miller, the director of the museum) hangs to welcome and introduce the patron into the exhibit. Light creates vision and sight; time is inherent when focus occurs. To the immediate right are the photos of Susan Derges,entitledThe Observer and the Observed. Of her several black and white pieces in the exhibit,she has captured water flowing in midair. These water drops are supported by an out-of-focus shot of the artist in the background.
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