The Photographers‘ Gallery eNewsletter, Jun 2015
Girls! Girls! Girls! 2011-2015 © Francesca Jane Allen
Covering topics from hunting meteorites to surrogacy, friendship, intimacy and the plight of migrant workers, our annual graduate exhibitionFreshFaced+WildEyed 2015
features 25 emerging artists and presents a fascinating snapshot of the vibrant work emerging from visual arts courses across the UK. Also opening this week, Print Sales Gallery presents a new exhibition of Rob Ball’s beautiful tintype series Dreamlands. The Bookshop has a special launch event with Jiang Jiehong and Panos Pictures photographer Carolyn Drake joins us for a talk about her remarkable new photobook.
Until 5 JulNow in its eighth year, FF+WE remains dedicated to recognising and nurturing new talent. Works by 25 young artists are on display in our fourth and fifth floor galleries and on the Media Wall, as well as our dedicated FF+WE15 website.We’re also welcoming many of the artists to discuss their projects each day in our Eranda Studio at 15.00. Talks are free and run from Thu 18 – Sat 20 and Thu 25 – Sat 27 Jun – no booking is necessary.Taka & Kodak from the series Middle Point Between MY HOUSE and China, 2014 © Coco Capitán
| Rob Ball: Dreamlands Until 2 AugPrint Sales Gallery presentsDreamlands, a new body of work by British photographer Rob Ball. The project comprises a series of tintypes created on the site of the disused Dreamland amusement park in Margate, which reopens to the public this Friday.Rob Ball: „Our image of Margate is one of repair rather than a renaissance – something that was broken and is slowly being put back together again. This, I think, is echoed in my own work, where cracks, dust, the materiality and vulnerability of each plate is tangible.“Admission freeOn Sat 4 Jul from 10.00-17.00 Rob will be staging a special Portrait Session using the vintage tintype technique. £250 per unique portrait. Please contact Print Sales Gallery on 020 7807 9300 to book.Dreamland (Portrait), 2013-2015, from the seriesDreamlands © Rob Ball |
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Thu 18 Jun 18.30 Artist Talk – Carolyn DrakePanos Pictures photographer Carolyn Drake is joined by Max Houghton(Senior Lecturer in Photography, London College of Communication) to discuss her fascinating photobook Wild Pigeon, made in collaboration with Uyghurs nomads in Xinjiang, China from 2007-2013.£7 / £4 concs / TPG MembersWild Pigeon, 2007-2013 © Carolyn Drake / Panos Pictures
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Thu 18 Jun 18.30
Jiang Jiehong Book Launch & TalkTo coincide with The Chinese Photobook exhibition the Bookshop hosts the launch of Jiang Jiehong’sAn Era Without Memories – Chinese Contemporary Photography on Urban Transformation published by Thames & Hudson.Jiang will be signing copies and giving a short talk about the book withStephan Feuchtwang in our Café.Chen Shaoxiong, Street, no.4, 1998 © Jiang Jiehong
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