In Vivo In Vitro

Evidence of a Fairy Tale

Children's Room
Part 1


Children's Room
Part 2


More about the exhibition (text)

 
Detail from Fairy Tale by Vered Lahav Vered Lahav: Moonshine Tales & Other Stories

20th July - 14th September 2002.

Best known for her beautiful photographs and unusual installations, Vered Lahav is a young artist who graduated from the Royal College in 1998. An inventive storyteller, she sources images and ideas from newspapers, car boot sales and her own past.
Describing Vered's work, Bridget Crump Gallery and Exhibitions Officer said: "Her work has a whimsical quality, often exploring themes concerned with childhood, families, group and personal identity, but her images also have a cool, scientific style."

In this exhibition she showed six pieces of work which juxtaposed photography and three-dimensional objects. Vered explained that she is interested in telling stories, which allude to the personal histories of individuals and families as well as universal themes such as childhood.

She appropriates found images and objects by re-using and re-presenting them. This often involves painstaking preparation and research, like visiting endless car boot sales to find images of families, or searching the desert for nests. Although her work often relates to specific personal experiences, she is also keen for it to be open-ended, encouraging the viewer to create their own meanings and interpretation.


 
Past Exhibitions