10 May – 8 June 2006

Winchester Gallery, University of Southhampton, Winchester, UK

An exhibition of contemporary photographic and video works in which the colour green figures prominently, with its inevitable connotations of the environment, the rural landscape, and the dubious notion of a ‘green and pleasant land’, which sits uneasily alongside questions of heritage, ownership, access and use.

Jandrell’s large scale photographs reflect the ‘themed’ environment increasingly popular in the UK and elsewhere. Safari parks, botanical gardens and nature trails are all part of a highly controlled rural landscape. Jandrell explores these territories across Europe and beyond to create images that are comical and curious: the rhinoceros strolling through green English parkland, or the plastic Tyrannosaurus Rex looming aggressively in the traditional green of a stately garden. These images invite us to question the cultural filters through which we view the countryside.

For more info, e-mail: wing(at)soton.ac.uk