About

Much of Birthe Piontek’s work to date has had an emotional gravitas peppered with a wry appreciation of the absurd. Her work is succinct, and using the photographic bounds of light, shadow, symbol and composition she is able to elucidate a narrative of place, time and human experience. In her new body of work, this formalism comes up against the wave of change: change of body, change of mind, change of state of being. Disembodied elements of the artist’s physical self-interact with equally temporal set pieces such as gourds, flowers and fruit. In some cases, this unlikely alliance is forced …