We are delighted that Anna Fox will be included in an upcoming spring exhibition at PM Gallery and House, London.

The exhibition, Always Greener: Views from the Contemporary Countryside, runs from 4 May to 24 June 2012 at PM Gallery, the extension to Pitzhanger Manor, Sir John Sloane's own rural weekend retreat, at one time set amongst the fields and orchards of Ealing.
The exhibition explores the reality that exists behind dreams of 'a place in the country'.

Always Greener: Views from the Contemporary Countryside uses painting, drawing, photography, video and sculptural installation to examine modern ideas and preconceptions about the countryside.

Always Greener examines how the prevailing notions of the idyllic countryside- the peace, fresh air, health, natural beauty and escape from the modern pressures of modern life- can be upturned and contradicted by the reality of country living.

For many, the countryside exists as a fantasy constructed from fleeting views through car windows, or from holidays, films and TV programmes. In cities, particular views and suggestions of the countryside are encountered every day, perhaps in the promotion of free-range of organic food or in all sorts of idealised advertising images of consumer products, which equate the countryside with nature and goodness.

The works presented give an honest and at times unsettling view of the reality of country living which counter the prevailing orthodoxy of the grass always being greener in the countryside.

The works presented by Anna Fox include the following:
Anna Fox
Hampshire Village Play, 2003 from Back to the Village
Courtesy the artist, James Hyman Photography, London and Impressions Gallery, Bradford

Anna Fox
Hampshire Village Pram Race, 2006 from Back to the Village
Courtesy the artist, James Hyman Photography, London and Impressions Gallery, Bradford

Anna Fox
Hampshire Village Nativity, 2001 from Back to the Village
Courtesy the artist, James Hyman Photography, London and Impressions Gallery, Bradford

Anna Fox and Alison Goldfrapp
Untitled, 1999, from Country Girls Courtesy the artists, James Hyman Photography, London and Impressions Gallery, Bradford
Please see links to these images on Fox's artist page on our website using the links at the right.

Artists presented, in addition to Anna Fox, include Georgina Barney with Alice Carey, Christina Bryant, The Caravan Gallery, Emily Cole, Andrew Cross, James Ireland, Tim Machin

Curator: Rosemary Shirley

For print sales and exhibition enquiries for Anna Fox's photographs, please contact Valérie C. Whitacre at valerie@jameshymanphotography.com .

For more information about visiting the exhibition, please visit the PM Gallery's website.