9th Jan 2002 - 9th Feb 2002
University Gallery
Metaphors is text and images by Ken Garland, one of the UK's most respected graphic designers.
Ken Garland is one of the UK’s most eminent and respected graphic designers. He was instrumental in constructing the famous 1964 "First things first" manifesto that set out a purposeful agenda for design. The exhibition features panels with photographs with accompanying text, both as important as each other. The fusion of the text and image creates the metaphor.
‘These photographs are not quite what they seem at first glance. When combined with the text they become metaphors of the locations – villages, cities, countries even – in which they were found. A few stones; a scattering of coloured tissue; a rope end: all have been allocated a significance beyond their immediate substance. Originating from places as widely dispersed as Mexico, Ireland, Uzbekistan, Canada, Germany and Bangladesh, they offer a coherent viewpoint on human behaviour, viewed obliquely for the most part but ultimately with concern for people, not things.’
