Fish-Work

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Experience the first solo exhibition in Scotland by Corey Arnold – the acclaimed American artist and commercial fisherman, harvesting king crab and wild salmon from the stormy waters of the Bering Sea, Alaska since 1995.

See a selection of 20 archival pigment prints mounted on aluminium including a brand new limited edition from his ongoing photography series Fish-Work documenting the visceral experience of life at sea for fishermen worldwide.

Corey Arnold exhibition is curated by Iliyana Nedkova as part of Perth Theatre 2019 season and the touring co-production Lost at Sea. The exhibition is produced by Horsecross Arts in partnership with Céline Deroeux/Récits Photographiques Festival and Perthshire Photographic Society

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EDITIONS: Acquire one of the 5 +1AP limited editions of 18 Degrees and Hauling (2006) by Corey Arnold (Fuji Crystal Archive Matte | Image size: 42 x 29.7cm | Matte lamination | Alu-Dibond 3 mm | Aluminium rails) as part of our exclusive Collect + Support initiative established by Horsecross Arts in 2006 to nurture your own collection of contemporary art. £100 each excluding postage and VAT. Enjoy 10% off all our limited editions at any of our tours. Sales inquiries with Iliyana Nedkova at inedkova@horsecross.co.uk

TOURS: Take a guided tour with Iliyana Nedkova and members of Perthshire Photographic Society on selected days over coffee and croissant at 11.30am-12.30pm or over wine and olives at 5-6.30pm. £5 per person including refreshments. Enjoy 10% off all our limited editions at any of our tours. Meet at Perth Theatre Cafe. No prior knowledge of contemporary art is required. Pick a day of your choice and book in advance with Iliyana Nedkova at inedkova@horsecross.co.uk

PODCASTS: Listen to Corey Arnold’s recent interview at Backdrop with William Anthony here:

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Fri 1 Mar 2019: 10:00

threshold Artspace | Perth Theatre

Thu 27 Jun 2019: 18:00

threshold Artspace | Perth Theatre

Mon 26 Aug 2019: 18:00

threshold Artspace | Perth Theatre

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: 'Fish-Work is a collection of photographs from the past sixteen years of me working as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. My fishing career began in 1995, as a means to pay off art college debt and seek adventure far from home in the sparsely inhabited North. Long, strenuous work days and icy winter nights were spent on the deck of the fishing vessel Rollo, a 107-foot Bering Sea crab boat. In the summers I targeted wild sockeye salmon from a small aluminum skiff and slept in an abandoned cannery on a remote shore of Bristol Bay called Graveyard Point. My job description included baiting and launching 800-pound crab pots, sorting hundreds of thousands of kilos of king and snow crab or salmon, and often working twenty-hour days depriving the brain of nutritious sleep.

I have a love-hate relationship with the freedom and subsequent entrapment of life crammed into a small fishing boat in Alaska. Here, one escapes the noise of society by trading the structure, warmth, and simple luxuries taken for granted on dry land. But over time, life at sea has become a valued identity, a source of great pride, and a reminder that the safety and ease of everyday life back home is to be appreciated and devoured.

Most of these images were captured as I fished or after I’d bargained a few moments away from my duties as a crewman. My camera, wrapped in layers of Ziploc bags and duct tape, would wait on my bunk for a fleeting moment of stormy perfection, a rare beam of sunlight to strike the rigging, or a seabird to fall from the sky and join us on deck. These photographs offer a glimpse into the visceral experience of work on commercial fishing boats in Alaska.'

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