Robbie Lawrence, Blackwater River
2nd October - 21st October 2019
Book Launch and Exhibition | In collaboration with STANLEY/BARKER
Tuesday October 1st Artist in conversation | 6:00- 6:45pm (RSVP essential)
Private View | 7pm onwards
RSVP: info@webber.gallery
On a map of the south-eastern U.S., the 245-mile Ogeechee River cuts a diagonal path across Eastern Georgia before curling south of the city of Savannah and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. It is known locally as Blackwater River for its slow moving waters that are like black glass, refecting the sky and ora overhead and masking the tangle of life forces beneath.
In November 2017, Robbie Lawrence, accompanied by writer Sala Patterson, travelled to the Low Country, the coastal region straddling Georgia and South Carolina near where the Ogeechee River meets the ocean with the aim of documenting the nuances of issues driving news cycles and political divisions through the lens of one place in America.
Blackwater River captures, in image and spirit, Lawrences time in the Low Country – a series of profound encounters and abstract refections, some inspiring, others harsh but all indelible. Each moment is individually significant while collectively hinting at larger, more elusive truths.
Blackwater River
Published by STANLEY/BARKER
Hardback, £35
Webber Gallery
18 Newman St
London W1T 1PE
