The Local Project: On Light and Space, Helen Redmond

Sarah Sivaraman from The Local Project writes about Helen Redmond's artistic practice, and how it involves light and space. Sivaraman takes readers back to Helen's upbringing, and how she was raised on a sheep farming property in Southern Queensland. 
 
Sivaraman informs readers of Redmond's significant publishing career, having worked at Vogue Living as Interiors Editor and Senior Editor for 25 years, and also having worked with accomplished Danish photographers for many years. "If you've had anything to do with Denmark you know they grow up in the dark, so how they look at light and space is quite different". Sivaraman writes to gives readers an insight of how Helen's work is influenced by her attention to light. 
 
"The mood of space and negative space- what's left unsaid". Helen refers to this intangible element as "the soul of the eye. It's hard to put your finger on what that quality is because you can find it in a tent, and you can find it in a palace- it's a quality". 
 
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June 1, 2022