Mary Moore

artistic research - spirituality - history - environment

_____ "The past is never dead. It's not even past." / William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

A powerful sense of place, and, the historic context, are central in Mary Moore's work.
In her photographic series of various 'historic locations' (open-ended photo project The Old Places) for instance, Moore sometimes uses archival images in juxtaposition to her own photographs, 'found pictures', or old family snapshots. Though she uses both digital and classic photographic and printing techniques, she finds the latter two combined with the initial sourcing and production, better project the sense of timelessness and intimacy she attempts to create.
Striving to reflect collective memory and experience in all of her work, drawings, paintings, photos, Moore deals with some of the great metaphors of life such as Death, Memory, Decay, Loss, and Renewal.


Mary Moore - Demolition Odeon Complex/ Community Center (A.F. Albers, 1924)/ Loss of habitat. Original use: Theater building; included a banquethall, two stores, three warehouses, a theater hall, and a ballroom. Photo: view through to the, in 1985, adapted, multifuntional auditorium; back entrance, park side. Old West, Rotterdam. From the photography series: The Death of the Old Giant. 2022.
Mary Moore - "Demolition art piece"/ Loss of habitat, Odeon Complex/ Community Center (A.F. Albers, 1924). Original use: Theater building with, on the top floors, 72 apartments for the working class community. Photo: rear view of the partially demolished apartments, park side. Old West, Rotterdam. From the photography series: The Death of the Old Giant. 2022.
Mary Moore - Demolition Odeon Complex; street side, view through to the park. Old West, Gouvernestraat. Rotterdam. From the photography series: The Death of the Old Giant. 2022.
Mary Moore - Big Green 56/ Pumping for KINO/ Christmas in the City! Gouvernestraat, Old West, Rotterdam. From the on-going photography series: City Things. 2019/20.
Mary Moore - The Beekeeper's Lair: backyard, north Rotterdam. From the photography series: In Search of Places of Contemplation. 2018.
Mary Moore - The Beekeeper's Lair: backyard, north Rotterdam. From the photography series: In Search of Places of Contemplation. 2018.
Mary Moore - The Beekeeper's Lair: backyard, north Rotterdam. From the photography series: In Search of Places of Contemplation. 2018.
Mary Moore - Archive of the Citizens' Initiative Old West. Sint Mariastraat, Rotterdam; in the former convent chapel (het Zusterhuis 1892); detail: center left, timber console, top right, vaulted ceiling, timber console. From the photography series: In Search of Places of Contemplation. 2017/18.
Mary Moore - Archive of the Citizens' Initiative Old West. Sint Mariastraat, Rotterdam; in the former convent chapel (het Zusterhuis 1892); detail: view from the Entresol, top right, vaulted ceiling. From the photography series: In Search of Places of Contemplation. 2017/18.
Mary Moore - Archive of the Citizens' Initiative Old West. Sint Mariastraat, Rotterdam; in the former convent chapel (het Zusterhuis 1892); detail: wall with three studded beams. Top left: Entresol, 1970's addition. From the photography series: In Search of Places of Contemplation. 2017/18