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Made from plexiglass, the Boulders reflect only the colours surrounding them to achieve their vividness and contain no inherent pigments. A true master of colour Smith’s practice has again evolved, harnessing now the physical, although not always considered source of colour: light.

For more than 25 years Ristelhueber has investigated the impact of human conflict on architecture and landscapes. Using photography and more recently moving image and sound, she records the resulting aftermath in places such as Bosnia, France, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait.

Often playing with an ambiguity of scale in her installations, Ristelhueber’s work confounds traditional photographic genres. She unsentimentally draws attention to the scars and traces we leave behind, addressing the essence of our human existence