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1. 66201 Nave, St. Anne’s Church, Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany, 2008/09
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2. 65107 Nave, Cathedral of St. Barbara, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, 2008/09 |
3. 65202 Choir, Cathedral of St. Barbara, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, 2008/09 |
4. 65411 Nave, St. Mary’s Church, Stargard Szczeciski, Poland, 2008/09 |
5. 65505 Choir, St. Mary’s Church, Stargard Szczeciski, Poland, 2008/09 |
6. 52608 Choir, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, 2006/07 |
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 7. 63410 Nave, Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha, Portugal, 2008/09 |
8. 63302 Choir, Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha, Portugal, 2008/09 |
9. 42209 Nave, Church of Santa Maria, Hieronymite Monastery, Belém, Portugal, 2003/09 |
10. 64107 Crossing, Burgos Cathedral, Burgos, Spain, 2008/09 |
11. 60212 Nave, Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, Italy, 2008/09 |
12. 60208 Crossing, Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, Italy, 2008/09 |
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13. 53404 Nave, Ch. of Saint Etienne, Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, France, 2006/07 |
14. 53407 Crossing, Ch. of Saint Etienne, Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, France, 2006/07 |
15. 53810 Nave, Laon Cathedral, Laon, France, 2006/07 |
16. 53804 Crossing, Laon Cathedral, Laon, France, 2006/07 |
17. 62502 Nave, Basilica of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, France, 2008/09 |
18. 62504 Choir, Basilica of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, France, 2008/09 |
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19. 50405 Nave, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, 2006/07 |
20. 52402 St. Hugh’s Choir, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England, 2006/07 |
21. 52508 Nave, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England, 2006/07 |
22. 52505 Crossing, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England, 2006/07 |
23. 52212 Nave, York Minster, York, England, 2006/07 |
24. 52111 Crossing, York Minster, York, England, 2006/07 |
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25. 60503 Nave, Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi, Assisi, Italy, 2008/09 |
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“While the subject of my photographs has shifted…my art has remained essentially spiritual – furthermore than two decades I have been exploring a contemporary expression of the sublime – a transcendental experience of awe with the vast space and time of existence.”
David Stephenson
Internationally renowned photographer David Stephenson has dedicated his practice to capturing the sublime in nature and architecture. Fresh from a successful exhibition at Julie Saul Gallery in New York, Stephenson returns to John Buckley Gallery for his third highly anticipated exhibition Heavenly Vaults. The exhibition will feature 26 selected prints from his latest monograph published by Princeton Architectural Press; Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture. Shaun Lakin, Director of the Monash Gallery of Art, will launch the book and exhibition at the opening, November 7th.
Stephenson began to photograph Gothic vaults in Spain and Portugal in 2003, while completing the work for his Domes project, and his first monograph Visions of Heaven: the Dome in European Architecture. He began to focus on the Vaults project in 2006, photographing Gothic churches and cathedrals in England, Belgium and France. With the assistance of an Australia Council Artist Fellowship in 2008-09, Stephenson completed extensive fieldwork for the Vaults project, intensively photographing Romanesque and Gothic architecture in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany. The exhibition at John Buckley Gallery coincides with the launch of his second monograph, Heavenly Vaults: from Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture, published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York.
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Even though the traditional systems the underpinned church architecture have lost their unequivocal power, David Stephenson’s photographs capture the resonance of those times. More importantly his work also suggest that the feelings of aspiration, transcendence, and infinity these buildings evoke in the viewer have an ongoing relevance beyond the religious setting and help us understand who and what we are.
Excerpt from Foreword, Heavenly Vaults, by Dr Isobel Crombie 2009
David Stephenson's new book of photography is a love letter to the intricate, seemingly sui generis vaults of Europe's Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals and churches.
Dwell October 2009
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