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Roger Palmer , Houseboat, 2007 Roger Palmer, Port Victoria, 2002 Roger Palmer, Plumb Point, 2006

EXHIBITIONS - archive SHANTY Roger Palmer 14 July - 9 September 2007 Through photographs, a wall drawing, neon text and an architectural model, Shanty focuses on the meeting of sea and land. Exposed coasts are presented as spaces of peril for those at sea; inlets as places of shelter and safety; estuaries and canals as places of trade where the sea enters the land; and the seashore as a site for DIY vernacular architecture, where a vessel becomes a houseboat, permanently positioned in the tidal zone. Shanty includes works that refer to distant shores and others that make specific reference to Portsmouth. Two pieces have been produced in association with the owner of a houseboat near the Hayling Ferry, at the opposite end of Portsmouth's seafront to Gunwharf Quays. This hybrid structure incorporates the hull of a military landing craft. Like other houseboats nearby, it is reminiscent of the informal housing of shantytowns that have developed in many parts of the world as a result of colonisation and migration. Roger Palmer was born and brought up in Portsmouth and studied at Portsmouth and Chelsea Schools of Art. He lives in Glasgow and is Professor of Fine Art at the University of Leeds. A partner solo exhibition, Botany Bay, is at Leeds Art Gallery, 22 June - 12 August 2007.