Near and Far - Solo presentation of photographs by Stuart Redler: In collaboration with Morgan Davies Art, Myo Victoria, London

Stuart Redler's striking images reflect an obsession with form and light which have made him a master of the black and white medium. An exceptional eye for quirky, often humorous juxtapositions allows him to transform seemingly familiar objects into graphic form, sometimes hyper-real, sometimes abstract.

Trained at the London College of Printing, Stuart was a successful commercial photographer but for more than two decades has concentrated solely on monochrome art prints favoured by interior designers and collectors alike. Stuart has received six awards from the Association of Photographers, including a Gold for his architectural photography. His work is held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery and has also been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum. To coincide with his exhibition Timbuktu to W2, and in conjunction with the Cultural Mission of Timbuktu, Stuart set up a competition to find a British town to twin with Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa. Hay-on-Wye eventually won, having beaten off competition from over 40 towns and cities.

Originally using traditional silver gelatin processes, Stuart now works digitally producing pigment prints on 100% fine-art cotton paper. The paper is sourced from Hannemühle in Germany, a company which has manufactured paper since 1584. Refining the finished prints personally is a distinctive and important feature of the work.

Stuart's images often come from travels to unexpected corners of the globe, where his unique eye for form and pattern may be equally drawn to the silhouette of a baobab tree or to the curved line of an ancient stairway, ripples of early morning mist or a collection of brooms held aloft by a street vendor. Playful and intriguing, his work is intensely human and always surprising, tricking the eye and the mind into reinventing familiar objects or turning the bizarre into pure geometrical patterns.

Viewings by appointment only - please email info@aspaceforart.com to arrange a time to view the exhibition.