Use this map to easily locate all of the exhibitions featured on the Fotoura website. To find out more detailed information about each individual exhibition, click on the exhibition title on the calender and you’ll be taken to the relevant information page which includes location, times, featured artists and exhibition website.
Photography exhibitions:
IN DATE ORDER:
ANCIENT AND MODERN | ATLAS Gallery | 8th November, 2012 to 12th November, 2013
Following the hugely successful exhibition “Shadow Catchers” at the Victoria and Albert Mus >> VIEW EXHIBITIONeum in Autumn 2010, the ATLAS Gallery is pleased to announce a follow-up exhibition of work by the acclaimed German photogram artist, featuring both old and new work. Included are works from the celebrated Aegineten photogram series, which depict life-size ancient Greek statues from the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, along with newly released photogramic nudes and the hugely influential Tellerbilder or “Plate” series from the 1970’s, which, in more recent years inspired younger photogram artists such as Adam Fuss and Gary Fabian Miller. One highlight will be a new work depicting a dinner table laden with the detritus of a long and messy meal, photographically printed onto linen.
A true pioneer of photographic art, inspired by the Constructivist camera-less photography of Làszló Moholy-Nagy and by Man Ray’s Surrealist photograms or “Rayographs”, Floris Neusüss has dedicated his whole career to the practice, study and teaching of the photogram, exploring its technical and visual possibilities and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Photograms are created by the placement of objects or in Floris’s case, human bodies, on light-sensitive paper or film, and once exposed to light, the shape of the object is revealed. The proximity of the object to the paper creates sharper or softer outlines and the intensity of the tones is dependent on the transparency of the objects and the amount of light used. The process is akin to “painting” with light, resulting in a ghostly silhouetted negative image. Neusüss further departs from the conventional photogram by occasionally wiping a brush, sponge, or rag dipped into developer or fixer solution across the surface of the paper to produce controlled, painterly gestures. Sometimes he does not fix his prints, allowing the works to constantly change over the years and the photographic process to continue beyond the darkroom.
Amongst Neusüss’s best known works are his “Körperfotogramms” (also known as “Nudogramms”), life-size silhouettes of nude bodies exposed on photographic paper in a variety of expressive poses. Often suggesting rapid motion, the figures are caught in space and in an ethereal dream-like state. Neusüss comments: “In the photogram…man is not depicted, but the picture of him comes into being by an act of imagination”. He worked on this series throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, initially using standard silver bromide paper to show white figures on a black background and later using auto-reversal paper to make black figures on white backgrounds.
Born in 1937, Neusüss studied printmaking before turning to photography. He was an influential teacher in Germany and recently retired as Professor in Experimental Photography at the University of Kassel, a post he had held since 1971.
Philippe Garner, International Head of Photography at Christie’s, comments: “Neusüss occupies a unique position in the history of the photogram. He demonstrated a particularly lyrical vision in using the technique to create life-sized, fluid and spectral impressions of the human figure. His images, made in the period 1960-1974, have mystery and depth, making him a worthy successor to Man Ray and Moholy-Nagy.”
The artist will attend an exclusive reception to mark the opening of the exhibition on Wednesday 7th November.
For further information and images:
Please email ATLAS Gallery at info@atlasgallery.com, or telephone 020 7224 4192.
Man Ray Portraits | National Portrait Gallery | 7th February, 2013 to 27th May, 2013
A major photographic exhibition, Man Ray Portraits, is now on at the National Portrait Gallery. >> VIEW EXHIBITION
Devoted to one of the most innovative and influential artists of his generation, the exhibition includes over 150 vintage prints from Man Ray’s career taken between 1916 and 1968. Drawn from private collections and major museums including the Pompidou Centre, the J. Paul Getty Museum and New York’s The Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art, and special loans from the Man Ray Trust Archive, the majority of the works have not previously been exhibited in the United Kingdom.
Portraits of Man Ray’s celebrated contemporaries are shown alongside his personal and often intimate portraits of friends, lovers and his social circle. His versatility and experimentation as an artist is illustrated throughout his photography although this was never his chosen principal artistic medium. The exhibition brings together photographic portraits of cultural figures and friends including Marcel Duchamp, Berenice Abbott, Andre Breton, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, James Joyce, Erik Satie, Henri Matisse, Barbette, Igor Stravinsky, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dali, Le Corbusier, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Coco Chanel and Wallis Simpson. Also on show are portraits of his lovers Kiki de Montparnasse (Alice Prin) and Lee Miller, who was also his assistant, Ady Fidelin and his last muse and wife Juliet Browner.
Rainforest of the Sea | Horniman Museum & Gardens | 9th March, 2013 to 15th September, 2013
A new photographic exhibition at the Horniman Museum & Gardens captures the underwater wonders >> VIEW EXHIBITIONof the coral triangle. Rainforest of the Sea features stunning photographs of sea creatures in Borneo, and highlights the diversity of coral reefs, as well as the threats facing one of the world’s richest habitats.
Marine biologist and photographer Jamie Craggs worked without the aid of digital photography to create the series of striking underwater shots – from a turtle silhouetted against an azure sky, to close encounters with a longhorn cowfish, a bumblebee shrimp and a hairy squat lobster.
Jamie says:
‘Coral reefs are often called the “rainforest of the sea” because, like rainforests, they are one of the most biologically diverse habitats on the planet. These photos weren’t taken with an exhibition in mind, but the threats to this amazing underwater world are so great that I wanted the images to do some good. I hope Rainforest of the Sea will not only show visitors the beauty and wonder of the coral reef and its creatures, but also raise awareness of the importance of protecting them for the future.’
Jamie has worked on coral reef expeditions in the Philippines, as an underwater cameraman in Borneo and as a professional aquarist in the UK. He is currently the Aquarium Curator at the Horniman, overseeing a collection of 2,500 live specimens from 150 aquatic species. He specialises in coral biology and is working with international organisations to conserve coral reefs and better understand the impact human life has on these fragile and globally important habitats.
Entry to the exhibition is free.
Simon Brown: Standing in the Corner | Richard Young Gallery | 2nd May, 2013 to 29th June, 2013
The Richard Young Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition by leading interiors and still >> VIEW EXHIBITION life photographer, Simon Brown. ‘Standing in the
Corner’, the collection of limited edition prints from Brown features hauntingly beautiful interiors and location-inspired still life from a collection of houses across England, Ireland and France.
Brown, well known for interior and lifestyle photography published in magazines around the world, shot the pictures between 2008 and 2013 and says: ‘What I love is the imperfection of natural light and the genial chaos you can find in houses around the world. On location I only use daylight with long exposures which seems to capture the feel and senses of a place.’
Brown’s pictures feature colours, textures and spaces that chart architectural decay and convey a grandeur of past lives whose spirits still seem to linger in a host of beautiful rooms and passages.
Inspired by these locations he then shot a series of images at his West London studio, Willoughby House, from antique kitchen spoons and cabbages to raspberries and hand whisks. ‘I shot these objects in what I saw as mini theatre sets, which elevates everyday objects into something ethereal and extraordinary. Again these pictures are shot with only the daylight which falls through the 14ft high north facing window of my studio. Northern light, much favoured by the Dutch Masters of the 16th Century, has a magical balance of high light to shadow and remains constant.’
Before becomin >> VIEW EXHIBITIONg a gallery, A. Brooks was a family run flower shop. For roughly 70 years the Brooks family sold flowers to their neighbours. Remembered by many local residents, the A. Brooks flower shop, and its family, became an integral part of the Hoxton landscape. The transition from a family run flower shop to a contemporary art gallery is emblematic of the wider changes currently unfolding across the neighbourhood. This exhibition mines the shop’s recent and personal history, as a way of reflecting upon both the personal lives that animated the flower shop and the wider collective identity of the Hoxton neighbourhood.
“The power of ordinary urban landscapes to nurture citizens’ public memory, to encompass shared time in the form of shared territory – remains untapped for most working people’s neighbourhoods” Dolores Hayden, The Power of Place
The A. Brooks exhibition was developed in collaboration between Dustin O’Hara, Julia Riddiough, and Toni Brooks. Dustin O’Hara’s work could be described as experimental community archiving, Julia Riddiough currently runs the A. Brooks gallery and Toni Brooks is a retired florist. Kathy and Mark Brooks also worked in the shop and family business for over thirty years. Mark now has a stall in Hoxton Street market and continues to sell flowers today.
Artist talk and event with Dustin O’Hara to coincide with ‘A. Brooks’ 4th April – 18th May 2013 an exhibition at A Brooks Art
on 2nd May 2013 6.30 – 7.30
A short reading from the A. Brooks script (a dialogue developed by Dustin O’Hara in conversation with the Brooks family) will be followed by a group discussion about the exhibition and neighbourhood.
This event is free but booking is required. Please go to the link here to book a place http://abrooksart.com/portfolio/dustin-ohara/ Please contact julia@abrooksart.com if you require further information.
Dustin O’Hara grew up in southern California and in 2011 finished an MFA in the Digital Arts New Media program at University of California, Santa Cruz. While at UCSC O’Hara worked with Warren Sack in the participatory culture research group and Dee Hibbert-Jones in the social practice art research centre. O’Hara’s own practice continues to reflect community participation and the outcomes that this work facilitates. O’Hara lives in Hackney and recent projects include The Shoreditch Park Project 2013 (a UK Heritage Lottery Funded Project, Me You Hoxton Too at PEER Gallery 2012 and the Shoreditch Festival London 2012
The Deleted Season : Ghost Theory | Doomed Gallery | 15th May, 2013 to 19th May, 2013
Notorious east London graffiti artist and photographer Delete is organising three exciting new >> VIEW EXHIBITION
shows at the Doomed Gallery in Dalston that will bring work from new artists
into the gallery space for the first time:
The third show in The Deleted Season : Voices from the Outside is ‘Ghost
Theory’ – gallery work inspired by
street art
Preview evening on Wednesday 15
May, 6-9pm
Building on the techniques and obsessions of Street Art,
this show features eight artists who work outside of the mainstream and use a
variety of media to comment on the world around them and present their own
personal truths. With stencils, graffiti, paste-ups, photography, collage and
painting – Sean Savant and friends bring voices from the outside into the
gallery with a collection of stunning images.
Savant has been creating images for many years, producing zines and
designing a street wear range along with painting and collages. His work
explores the situationist aesthetic, commenting on the status quo using densely
built collages and large spray painted pieces.
Shuby uses print, collage, paint and photography to create original
reinterpretations that revel in absurdity, kitsch and irony. She works in a
wide variety of mediums including paint, print making, ceramics and reworking
found objects. She has also made a large amount of street art that includes
paste ups, stencils and spray painted shutters.
Jonny Arnold is primarily a stencil artist using spray paint and
pastels both on the street and on used or found objects – inspired by an
aesthetic that arouses feeling to create beautiful and sometimes
thought-provoking works.
Hubbawelcome are a collective of contemporary and street artists
based in East London. Their work is inspired by online culture and the
psychology of growing up in the information age. They create prints,
installations and illustrations exhibiting themes of loneliness, isolation,
compulsion and death.
Toby (UK44) is a graphic artist who produces high-impact but strange
creations of digital and screen-printed imagery. His work appears on the
streets/online and in print across Europe and the UK. Toby is working in collaboration
with Thad Skews. Thad is a conceptual multi-media artist, illustrator
and sculptor. His work has been featured on music posters and packaging
as well as French beer labels!
Neil Delete is a street artist and photographer who has been cutting and
painting large-scale stencils for decades. His work combines traditional
graffiti skills with the detailed definition that stencils allow. His work
explores issues around the culture of fear that targets young people in our
society.
Gallery opening hours Thursday 16 May – Friday 17 May 4-8pm, Saturday 18
May – Sunday 19 May 12-8pm
The Deleted Season : Ghost Theory | Doomed Gallery | 15th May, 2013 to 19th May, 2013
Notorious east London graffiti artist and photographer Delete is organising three exciting new >> VIEW EXHIBITION
shows at the Doomed Gallery in Dalston that will bring work from new artists
into the gallery space for the first time:
The third show in The Deleted Season : Voices from the Outside is ‘Ghost
Theory’ – gallery work inspired by
street art
Preview evening on Wednesday 15
May, 6-9pm
Building on the techniques and obsessions of Street Art,
this show features eight artists who work outside of the mainstream and use a
variety of media to comment on the world around them and present their own
personal truths. With stencils, graffiti, paste-ups, photography, collage and
painting – Sean Savant and friends bring voices from the outside into the
gallery with a collection of stunning images.
Savant has been creating images for many years, producing zines and
designing a street wear range along with painting and collages. His work
explores the situationist aesthetic, commenting on the status quo using densely
built collages and large spray painted pieces.
Shuby uses print, collage, paint and photography to create original
reinterpretations that revel in absurdity, kitsch and irony. She works in a
wide variety of mediums including paint, print making, ceramics and reworking
found objects. She has also made a large amount of street art that includes
paste ups, stencils and spray painted shutters.
Jonny Arnold is primarily a stencil artist using spray paint and
pastels both on the street and on used or found objects – inspired by an
aesthetic that arouses feeling to create beautiful and sometimes
thought-provoking works.
Hubbawelcome are a collective of contemporary and street artists
based in East London. Their work is inspired by online culture and the
psychology of growing up in the information age. They create prints,
installations and illustrations exhibiting themes of loneliness, isolation,
compulsion and death.
Toby (UK44) is a graphic artist who produces high-impact but strange
creations of digital and screen-printed imagery. His work appears on the
streets/online and in print across Europe and the UK. Toby is working in collaboration
with Thad Skews. Thad is a conceptual multi-media artist, illustrator
and sculptor. His work has been featured on music posters and packaging
as well as French beer labels!
Neil Delete is a street artist and photographer who has been cutting and
painting large-scale stencils for decades. His work combines traditional
graffiti skills with the detailed definition that stencils allow. His work
explores issues around the culture of fear that targets young people in our
society.
Gallery opening hours Thursday 16 May – Friday 17 May 4-8pm, Saturday 18
May – Sunday 19 May 12-8pm
79 AD | Daniel Blau | 19th April, 2013 to 25th May, 2013
In response to the British Museum’s major exhibition “Life and Death in Pompeii and Hercula >> VIEW EXHIBITIONneum”, Daniel Blau is pleased to present an exhibition of original nineteenth century photographs of Pompeii alongside images documenting other archaeological sites and art and architecture in Italy.In 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum beneath lava and ash. The ash protected these ancient towns for centuries, to be later uncovered, yielding unparalleled insight into Roman civilisation and culture and a deepened appreciation of the art of Roman Antiquity.Photography has further preserved Italy’s ruins, and our exhibition portrays the country’s landscapes, art and architecture as perceived in the eighteen hundreds. The photographs vary from depictions of exquisite buildings in ruins and excavated artefacts to studies of the nude female figure. Transitions – PureArts Spring Art Fair 2013 Photography Exhibition | Eva Kalpadaki Fine Art Photographer Photography Tutor | 19th April, 2013 to 28th April, 2013
PURE Arts group is delighted to present its first exhibition devoted entirely to the medium of >> VIEW EXHIBITIONPhotography. ‘Transitions’ will showcase a range of contemporary ‘fine art’ photographic practice from photographers based in the South East, London and Northern France and is the first exhibition by Pure Arts Group devoted to the medium. Curated by Nigel Green, the work in this exhibition was chosen to reflect the duality of photography as a documentary medium, having historically defined notions of objectivity, and its coexisting status as an interpretive and experimental process. The resulting exhibition indicates different approaches and understanding that underpins photographic enquiry today and which can lead one to question certain notions of the photographic. This exhibition seeks to show photography as a diverse practice with many influences and outcomes, to place emphasise on the medium as a path of thinking as much as a visual and perceptual form.Exhibiting Photographers include: Nigel Green; Stephen Hughes; Andrew Moran; Marcus Haydock; Jean-Luc Brouard; Alex Currie; Lucy Phillips; Sebastian Hedge; Claire Dignocourt; Eva Kalpadaki; Fergus Heron; Alexander Brattell; Martin Everett; Fleur Alston; Penny Klepuszeewska; Nick Snelling Transplant | Margaret Street Gallery | 18th April, 2013 to 25th May, 2013
Margaret Street Gallery (www.margaretstgallery.com)
is pleased to announce the launch of Trans >> VIEW EXHIBITIONplant, a photographic
exhibition by Patrick and Tristram Fetherstonhaugh, on 18 April 2013.
Transplant is a deceptively uncomplicated series of photographic
prints of London blossom trees by Patrick and Tristram Fetherstonhaugh,
taking a classic subject and approaching it with a uniquely rigorous,
process-based method to explore cross-cultural connections.
The process involved the two brothers walking through the city
from their studio, taking a single photograph of each blossom-covered
tree they came to until the roll of film ran out. The photographs were
taken with a Japanese-made Nikon camera using Japanese Fuji film. The
unexposed rolls were then sent to Tokyo to be developed and printed,
physically making the journey suggested by the cultural connection
between blossom trees in London and the symbolism of blossom in Japan.
These seemingly simple pictures are in fact the physical embodiment of a
thought process connecting two countries.
The images are immediate and instinctive reactions to each individual
tree, and every print is a physical item with a specific history.Since
the printing of the images and their journey are both integral parts of
the complete work each print is a unique piece.
Patrick and Tristram Fetherstonhaugh are artist brothers (b. 1967
and 1965) who live and work in London, England. They use photography as
a neutral space that sits between them, allowing both of them to
conceive, plan, create and edit their work. The Fetherstonhaughs’ work
has been exhibited in London, Stockholm, and Paris and they have
produced a number of highly regarded photographic books.
Transplant will be showing at the Margaret Street Gallery until
the 25th of May. Margaret Street Gallery is an independent gallery
founded in April 2012.
The show is divided into two halves, exhibited over the gallery’s two floors. Well-known works that illustrate the various eras, locales and subject matters of his work, including ‘Mondrian’s Pipe and Glasses’ (1926), other still lifes, photographs of New York and Paris, and autobiographical images of his home and his wife, Elizabeth, will be displayed in the upstairs gallery.
The downstairs gallery will be devoted to works from the Distortions series. This important body of work, begun in the early 1930’s, consists mostly of nudes photographed using convex mirrors. The exhibition will include a selection of early reference prints made for the publication of the book ‘Distorsions’ in 1976, in which the works were published for the first time. Ducrot was instrumental in bringing the work to completion and many prints bear his manuscript annotations and crops. Perhaps the most celebrated of all images from this series is the famous ‘Melancholic Tulip’ (1939).
Gallery owner Ben Burdett says: ‘This unique collection of prints has been kept together since they were acquired from Nicolas Ducrot. They are an important group of images, representing an ultimate edit of Kertész’s work, many being master prints retained by the studio, in some ways as the definitive interpretation of the photographer’s negatives.’
Kertész is often considered to be the founder of the photo essay, having earned his living as a photographer primarily through commissions for magazines and under contract to Condé Nast Publishing for twenty years of his career. The Distortions series retains a certain formality that is evident in his photojournalistic work, but is innovative and distinctive, clearly referencing the Surrealist influence of the time. In many ways these images best represent the identity of Kertész’s creative work. Kertész is known for crossing the boundary between modernism and documentary, with creative phases generally being divided into the Hungarian, French, American and International periods.
All works are available to view in the gallery print room.
Selected Works | ATLAS Gallery | 19th April, 2013 to 30th June, 2013
To mark the opening of the exhibition Genesis at the Natural History Museum, London, we are del >> VIEW EXHIBITIONighted to present a selection of works by the celebrated photographer Sebastião Salgado. Salgado’s eight-year project, documenting the world’s unspoilt natural landscapes culminates in a truly monumental presentation of both large and medium format prints. In the selection of works shown in this online exhibition, we have chosen a small group of works, which together offer an overview of Salgado’s career, from the earlier Workers series through to massive 50 x 70 inches works from Genesis. We will be displaying a selection of these at the Masterpiece Art Fair in London from 27th June to 3rd July. In addition, we are delighted to be able to offer for sale advance copies of the accompanying signed limited edition 2-volume set published by Taschen, details of which follow, and have a wide selection of works to view in the gallery.
Sebastião Salgado was born on February 8th, 1944 in Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Having studied economics, Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in 1973 in Paris, working with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos until 1994, when he and Lélia Wanick Salgado formed Amazonas images, an agency created exclusively for his work. He has travelled in over 100 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these, besides appearing in numerous press publications, have also been presented in books such as Other Americas (1986), Sahel: L’ Homme en Détresse (1986), Sahel: El Fin del Camino (1988), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations and Portraits (2000), and Africa (2007). Touring exhibitions of this work have been, and continue to be, presented throughout the world.
Sebastião Salgado has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes in recognition of his accomplishments. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States.
Details of signed limited edition book:
- Collector’s Edition limited to 2,500 copies (No. 501-3,000), numbered and signed by Sebastião Salgado
- Two volumes bound in quarter-leather and cloth
- SUMO size: 46.8 x 70 cm (18.4 x 27.6 in.)
- Comes with a book-stand made of cherry wood designed by Tadao Ando
- Also included is a cloth-bound caption book
- Delivered in a wooden cargo box (total weight: 59 kg )
- £ 2,500
- Subscription prices until June 15, 2013: £ 2,000
For further information, please email ATLAS Gallery at info@atlasgallery.com or telephone 020 7224 4192.
Christian Vogt: Today I’ve Been You | Margaret Street Gallery | 31st May, 2013 to 6th July, 2013
Christian Vogt is recognized as one of the most important and accomplished Swiss photographers >> VIEW EXHIBITIONexploring the limits of photography today. Today I’ve Been You brings together a diverse body of Vogt’s photography and three-dimensional works, showing the developments and perceptions that have occupied him during the later part of his career. Blitz | Daniel Blau | 31st May, 2013 to 29th June, 2013
“The glare of many fires and sweeping clouds of smoke kept hiding the shape. Then a wind >> VIEW EXHIBITION sprang up. Suddenly, the shining cross, dome and towers stood out like a symbol in the inferno. The scene was unbelievable. In that moment or two, I released my shutter.” Herbert Mason on his iconic 1940 photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral.In this exhibition of vintage photographs from the 1940s, Londoners salvage their possessions from the rubble of their homes and take refuge in the city’s underground stations. Walls crumble, buildings open like dollhouses, and families go about their errands wearing gas masks. Many of these photographs were used for press purposes and are unique historic documents as well as important works of art.The Blitz lasted from 7 September 1940 to 21 May 1941. In this time, Germany attacked London 71 times, rendering more than 1.4 million people homeless. The main air offensive against British cities diminished after May 1941, but sporadic and lethal raids continued for several more years, with the V-1 and V-2 rockets deployed between 1944 and 1945 killing nearly 9,000 civilians.Although evidence of WWII persists in this historic city, the majority of bomb sites remain unmarked and unremembered, and it is difficult to imagine what it must have been like to experience such destruction. As the number of people who remember the Blitz dwindles, we hope to reignite awareness of this significant time in London’s history.Please join us for the opening of this very special exhibition on Thursday May 30th, from 6-8pm.
