David McMillan: Parquet Floor Variations, Prypiat, Ukraine
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Martha Street Studio 11 Martha St, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1A2
David McMillan, "Parquet Floor Variations, Prypiat, Ukraine," 2018
Join us for the launch of the latest Studio Edition: Parquet Floor Variations, Prypiat, Ukraine By David McMillan Friday, December 14, 5-8 pm, 2018
Printed by Sean McLachlanVirtual Edition* of 15 archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle Photo RagImage size: 31 x 38.5" (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Parquet Floor Variations, Prypiat, Ukraine will be on display in the Martha Street Studio gallery from December 14th to 21st. Also featured in the gallery will be past Studio Editions, including work by Lisa Stinner-Kun, Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, and more. Studio Editions can be viewed on our webstore, or by appointment or drop-in during our open hours: Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 5pm, and Saturdays from noon to 5pm.* To make a viewing appointment, please email or call Mariana at gallery@printmakers.mb.ca / 204-779-6253.
Artist Statement: Parquet Floor Variations, Prypiat, Ukraine shows nine sections of a department store floor found in the city of Prypiat, uninhabitable since the accident at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The photographs forming the basis of the print were made in 2016, thirty years after the accident. The floor reflects the general decay apparent in all of the built surfaces of Prypiat, and although each floor section was identical to the next when first laid, each has deteriorated in its own way.
David McMillan began his career as a painter but gradually became more involved with photography. A concern for the vulnerability of the environment led him to photograph in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the site of what is considered to be the world's worst nuclear accident. The work, begun in 1994, has resulted in many exhibitions and a book of the photographs, David McMillan: Growth and Decay; Prypiat and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, to be published by Steidl in 2019.