George Robb
Bio
George is a photographer and printmaker, who has been exhibiting for 20 years. Recent exhibitions include the ‘7’ exhibition in Berlin and’ Body’ a collaborative project exploring the concept of differing abilities in society and the physical and mental challenges we experience as individuals. He is a former chairperson of Creative Exchange and a Board member of the East Belfast Collective/ Engine Room Gallery. His recent work includes images from his travels in Africa. He is developing a new series of work which investigates the movement and transport of people and places that will be exhibited in the May 2010.
Artist Statement
George Robb has composed this series of photographs with the aim of connecting these two cities through the music industry. Both cities have an established music presence albeit Nashville on a world stage it does align with Belfast fast being associated with cultural routes entrenched in rhythm and musical traditional. George believes music has a power to connect instantly and give an experience of emotion in a real and meaningful way. It tells a story either in tempo or song. Photography also has this ability; it is immediate and allows us to observe a reality of familiarity. Through the composition of isolation and detail, as in these works he captures a perspective that has its own story to tell and communicates the influence of music, musician and tools of the trade.