November 26 – December 21, 2008.

Opening

Friday November 28, 2008, 6pm - 8pm

[MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms
418 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
T 03 9681 8425
F 03 9681 8426
rsvp@marsgallery.com.au
www.marsgallery.com.au

Night Light

It is nigh impossible to view these images without experiencing a strange frisson of fear, the sensation that something is not quite right about these captured moments – as though we are entering a region that is unwise to traverse. Newey is clearly a master of a noir-ish sensibility. There is a decidedly cinematic sensibility at play here, something akin to the opening of a David Lynch film. These feel like the moments captured just before some bizarre discovery. Our eyes have become attuned to the light of the full moon reflecting off the foliage. Leaves and blades of grass glow in the night-light. We are clearly on a journey here, but to what end remains an ominous mystery. Is it a pursuit or an escape? That, no doubt, depends on the viewer.

– Ashley Crawford

Saffron Newey is represented by