Galleries - June 2024

Press Release Colin Robins & Oliver Udy Anthology of Rural Life - Farmers of The Lizard 15 June – 1 September 2024 Kestle Barton Manaccan Helston Cornwall TR12 6HU 01326 231 811 info@kestlebarton.co.uk www.kestlebarton.co.uk About the artists Colin Robins and Oliver Udy are British documentary photographers based in Cornwall. Both are academics teaching Photography, as well as practitioners working individually within Photography and Publishing. Colin and Oli have been collaborating on the Anthology of Rural Life project for over ten years. Their shared interest in quiet documentary practice has evolved over time with a collaboration that sheds light on the shifting nature of life in diverse European rural areas. So far, their work has taken them to Finland, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Turkey as well as different studies in areas of the UK. (Photograph by Colin Rogers and Oliver Udy) About the venue Kestle Barton is an ancient Cornish farmstead situated above the Helford River. Following an award- winning conservation and conversion project the beautiful old farm buildings have new uses, one of the barns becoming an elegant gallery that opened in 2010. From early April to late October each year, the gallery, garden and wildflower meadow beyond, hosts a programme of three free exhibitions and a number of other events. Surrounding barns and the old farmhouse have been converted into stylish and comfortable holiday accommodation, all profits from which go towards funding the exhibition and event programme. Open 23 March – 2 November 2024: Tuesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10:30am – 5pm.