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Katie Cooke - Balancing Act
"This body of work is a concise but moving depiction of the photographer’s struggle through several courses of surgery, which may have left her unable to walk. The pinhole exposures correspond with the length of time Cooke was able to stand and represent a kind of pictorial diary as much as a thematic series."
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TAKING the concept of suffering for your art to a whole new level, Edinburgh-based photographer Katie Cooke produced the long-exposure photographs in this exhibition between two major surgeries on her hip.
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Exploring the primitive need for belief systems in an increasingly confusing world, Culross based artist Mike Inglis presents Transmit: a series of stark, graphic and narrative based screen prints. Juxtaposing ancient and modern religious icons from voodoo rituals, catholic symbolism and contemporary graffiti, Transmit portrays and alternative moral code for a modern disconnected population.
"Transmit represents yet another successful installation at Axolotl, continuing its mission to showcase original new talent. With the introduction of each new artist to its body of exhibited work, it cements its place further as one of Edinburgh’s most exciting, innovative and rewarding galleries."
"The Axolotl Gallery holds a deceptively sugary appeal from Dundas Street; its bright purple shop front displays colourful, surreal paintings promising an array of delectable, cultural sweets for passing dilettantes. The interior, reminiscent of a boutique, is open and uncluttered yet holds various separate spaces to discover unique treasures, trinkets and memories."
"Edinburgh’s newest gallery’s spring exhibition presents an outstanding selection of work by Scottish-based artists as well as one or two pieces from future exhibitors that contrast and complement their neighbours. The show encompasses a range of work, from photography and painting, to ceramics and sculptural resin, which lends it an air of surprise and variety."
"With its fresh, challenging and vibrant approach, after just two shows the gallery is firmly cementing its place as an unmissable stopping point on Edinburgh’s art circuit."
"ADMIRABLY, the latest gallery in Edinburgh's Dundas Street, the Axolotl Gallery sets out to challenge that assumption about contemporary art by showing figurative or narrative artists. The gallery is a beautiful space with big windows and lots of light. The gallery is named after an endangered species of salamander – the axolotl is of interest to science because in a juvenile state it can regrow limbs and can also be sexually mature while still juvenile."