{"title":"Ashley Crawford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshley Crawford\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the dynamic interplay between creativity and society in works that delve into the heart of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers can expect insightful narratives that examine the evolving role of art in contemporary life, provoked by themes of transformation and innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful blend of analysis and storytelling, Crawford’s writing invites reflection on how artistic expression shapes and reflects cultural shifts. These books offer a compelling journey through the forces that redefine identity and aesthetics in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"transformations-by-ashley-crawford-9780500500866","title":"Transformations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Ashley Crawford traces the development of Payes's career in which, in opposition to the 'hyper-styled, highly colour-saturated' photography of the digital age, she has quietly created a more personalised, monochromatic and moody language. Crawford describes it as 'discourse in chiaroscuro' in which her camera 'somehow capsizes our normal expectations of how the natural world should appear'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLandscape and the body, and the melding of the two, are her subjects - but they are formulated in ways that belie rational explanation. Since her artist-in-residency in China in 2012 where she witnessed natural cornfields quarried for the cement needed for massive urban re-development, Payes' pre-occupation has been 'regeneration' of the environment for future inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHence her computer animation \u003cem\u003eCorn and Quarries\u003c\/em\u003e with its regenerated fields of all-seeing human faces with their vision focused North, South, East and West, intent on this planet's survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461714493676,"sku":"9780500500866","price":120.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500500866-transformations.jpg?v=1774975714"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ashley-crawford.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}