New Folk
Poppy Lekner
English
Softcover
104 pages
147 x 210 mm
2024
New Folk is an experimental photobook about cultural location and dislocation using archival material sourced from Josef Vydra’s ‘Indigo Blue Print In Slovak Folk Art’, 1954, and ‘Vltava’ by Karel Plicka, 1959.
About the Artist
Poppy Lekner is a Wellington based photomedia artist. Graduating from Massey University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008, she was Head of Photography at Wellington High School and now teaches at Inverlochy Art School. Recent exhibitions have included ‘Horizons: Meta Scientific explorations with Cameraless Photography’ at Toi Poneke, Wellington, 2017, and ‘Defrag Phase Shift’ at play_station, Wellington, 2018.
@poppylekner
(source: https://www.photoforum-nz.org/blog/2019/5/1/poppy-lekner-online-portfolio )
