| photomonth
oct/nov
2003
photomonth takes
place in galleries and a wide variety of spaces around East London
and the City during October and November 2003.
Originally inspired by Le
Mois de la Photo held
in Paris each year, the
aim of photomonth is
to focus on photography as an important art form and a powerful
tool of contemporary communication.
Exploring the exhibitions in
the East End you will discover how each show widens the perception
of photography. Strong themes emerge around contemporary issues,
homelessness, the environment, racism, institutions, the labour
movement, the struggle for social justice, immigrant life in
London and globalisation demonstrations.
Young photographers have been
encouraged to show their work and there are opportunities to
discuss photography with the artists and participate in workshops.
This year photomonth marks
the beginning of a new resource for photographers at Four Corners
promoting the divergent cultural and artistic life of East London.
photomonth is
co-ordinated by alternative
arts
Top Studio
Bethnal Green Training Centre
Deal Street, London E1 5HZ
Tel: 020 7375 0441
Fax: 020 7375 0484
Email: info@alternativearts.co.uk
www.alternativearts.co.uk
exhibitions
AOP
GALLERY
81
Leonard Street, EC2
(020 7739 6669) Old Street tube
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Sat 12noon-4pm
6 - 15 October The
Liberty Ball Freedom
is something most of us take for granted, but many millions ofpeople
across the world are not so lucky, and slavery continues to be
aproblem in many countries. On 6 November 2003at the prestigious
GreatFosters Hotel in Egham, Surrey, the images of many high
profilephotographers will be auctioned at a fund-raising event
for the charityAnti-Slavery International. These images will
also be on view at the AOPGallery in October, enabling prospective
bidders a sneak preview.
21
October 1 November
NUDES
by Andreas Smetana
There is no subject more evocative.
It has tantalised artists for hundreds of years. A highly respected
commercial photographer in Australia, Andreas Smetana, presents
cool, classic images of nudes, with a twist. The exhibition is
in support of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
3 - 8 November
SHOT UP NORTH
An exhibition celebrating 15
years of SUN, a competition to promote the talents of photographers
based from the Midlands to all the way up to Scotland. Reaching
thousands of creatives in the photography industry, SUN has become
one of the most valuable and respected sources for those commissioning
photography.
3 - 8 November
INTIMATE DEATH (Upper Gallery)
During her years working as
a police photographer, Sandra Skibstead has come to see the worst
of death. Each incident she was witness to only confirmed & reconfirmed
deaths
de-humanisation of
the human birectly to the funeral directors chapel.
10 - 22 November
SARDINES AOP Members exhibition
From the rush hour and the weekend
shopping spree to summer music festivals and political protests,
this exhibition delves into life of the crowd. An exhibition
of work exclusively by members of the Association of Photographers.
Crowd
Control
Recent times have seen a wide
variety of occasions when people have come together, united by
a common characteristic or cause. From political protests, Jubilee
celebrations and festivals around the world to the rush hour
commute and the scramble of the summer sales. The twentieth century
has seen photography become a means of investigation into human
society. A camera, unobtrusive and immediate, can peer into private
moments within a throng and capture the poetics of social interaction.
This exhibition of images from members of the AOP not only focuses
on historical moments which draw the masses, but the before and
after effects of gatherings and the relationship between urban
space and its inhabitants.
24 - 29 November
Irish
Eyes
The
aim of this exhibition is to showcase the vast variety of work
undertaken by 10 Irish members of the AOP in the last year or
so. As such Irish Eyes features some of Irelands
best up and coming younor some its the chance to introduce
themselves and their work to the U.K. audience; for others this
presents an opportunity to reacquaint themselves, having worked
in London for parts of their careers.
BRADY ARTS CENTRE
192-196 Hanbury Street, E1
(020 7364 7913) Whitechapel
tube
22 September - 26 November
(except 27 & 29 Oct)
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES with
Anthony Lam
Mondays
7pm-9pm Photography for Beginners
An introductory course in black
and white photography, processing and printing. Ideal for those
who would like to improve their creative skills and technical
knowledge.
Wednesdays 7pm-9pm & 2
Saturdays Photography: Portfolio Workshop
Designed to help participants
in the creation of a portfolio based around a consistent set
of ideas/themes. This course does not use the darkroom each week & will
include a gallery visit. Participants should have completed the
beginners photography course or have equivalent knowledge/skills.
Second session will be a gallery visit (Sat 4 Oct), third & fourth
sessions will be a location shoot (Sat 11 Oct).
Course fee £27.20/£6.80 concs.
To enrol ring 020 7364 7913.
5 - 28 November
CAMPAIGN
Mon-Thur 8am-9pm, Fri 8am-7pm,
Sat 11am-4pm
Photo-generated
poster campaigns designed by participants of community arts workshops
on a variety of issues including the Environment and Racism.
CATTO
CONTEMPORARY
75a
Leonard Street, EC2
(020 7729 0555) Old Street tube
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Sat 12noon-6pm
9
Oct 1 Nov
THERESE STOWELL Last Days
of the Empire
Idiosyncratic,
Diagrammatic. Stowell marries the bombast of the Baptist preacher
and George Lucas with the rationality of science and business
to create works advertising promises.
ECOLOGY PAVILION
Mile
End Park, Grove Road, E3
(07932 942 323) Mile End tube
Wed-Fri
2pm-6pm
15 October-13 November
ONE WORLD ONE ENVIRONMENT
One
World One Environment is an initiative of the Tower Hamlets Waste
Education Project as part of its drive to increase awareness
around environmental and waste minimisation issues. Held in the
newly built Eco Pavilion in Mile End Park it showcases the environmental
concerns of young people from many parts of the world. The initiative
builds on the success of ten schools in Tower Hamlets, who last
year produced an environmental exhibition called Rubbish,
which highlighted the need to recycle materials and cut down
on waste.
As well as highlighting the
need for us to change our attitudes towards the environment the
exhibition shows the links Tower Hamlets has with the rest of
the world.
In partnership with Tower Hamlets
Council groups from other countries, including Bangladesh, Guatemala,
Somalia and Vietnam make this exhibition truly international.
Curated by Phil Maxwell the event is offering free workshops
to schools and community groups. To book a workshop call 07932
942 323.
FOUR CORNERS
121 Roman Road, E2
(020 8981 6111) Bethnal Green
tube
Tues-Fri 2pm-7pm
1
October 14 November
Guildhall
Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard, Gresham Street, EC2P
(020 7332 3700)
Bank tube
10am-4pm
11
October
Photography
at London Maze
PhotoLondon, a web portal for London's public photographic
collections, will be 1 of 41 libraries, archives, museums & societies
to have a stand at London's local history fair, The London Maze in
Guildhall Art Gallery. As well as guided walks and activities such
as children's storytelling there will be 5 talks including one by
Audrey Linkman on identifying Victorian photographs at 3pm. Audrey
will also be running a photography surgery from
12-2. Bring along your old photographs for her to look at and help you to date
and interpret them.
PHIL
MAXWELL Comrades
Tony Blair, John Prescott, Gordon
Brown, Jack Straw and David Blunkett are a few of the subjects
in Phil Maxwells latest exhibition. Using his extensive
archive of Labour politicians Maxwell examines the broad sweep
of New Labour with a critical and humorous eye. Comrades takes
the viewer into the heart of the New Labour camp examining personality,
policy, ego and ambition whilst allowing us a candid view of
the relationship between key members of the Cabinet.
The exhibition explodes the
spin around New Labour and compares what the politicians said
with what they actually did. Exhaustively researched Comrades
takes the Cabinet into the real world and provides a candid and
refreshing look at our Westminster rulers. Using a range of different
techniques the exhibition will be of particular interest to those
interested in pushing the boundaries of both traditional and
digital technologies.
Phil Maxwell will give a talk
about the exhibition at Four Corners on Thursday
October 16 starting at 7pm.
21 November
PHOTOFORUM 7pm-9pm
An opportunity for photographers
to show slides of recent work and talk about their photographic
practice. If you would like to be involved, please send a few
examples of your work, along with a brief description to: Four
Corners, 121 Roman Road, E2
Deadline for submissions: Monday
3 November.
For further information email:film@fourcorners.demon.co.uk
New Resource for East Londons
photographers
Four Corners is redeveloping
the previous Camerawork photographic darkrooms and gallery at
121 Roman Road, which have been closed since April 2000. This
is thanks to Arts Council England agreeing a transfer to Four
Corners of a grant, made originally to Camerawork.East London
vitally needs a centre dedicated to photography. Four Corners
aims to create an exciting new resource which can support photographers,
filmmakers and artists in East London and beyond. The darkrooms
will reopen on a pilot basis in Autumn 2003, with a celebratory
relaunch and exhibition in Spring 2004. Four Corners is a unique
resource for film and digital media, based in East London for
over 25 years. It supports a wide range of filmmakers and artists,
both locally and London-wide, offering production ate. It isage
and class. The organisation promotes the divergent cultural and
artistic life of East London through its work.
HOTHOUSE
274 Richmond Road, E8
(020 7249 3394) London Fields
station
Wed-Fri 10am-5pm
1
October 28 November
SITE/SEEING
An
exhibition by nine photographers whose common interest is place.
The work shares a sense of intimacy, privacy and examines in
close detail how we view the world.
Artists: Sue
Andrews, Byang Kuran Choi, Edward Dimsdale, Heather McDonough,
Rod Morris, Graham Revell, Stuart Smith, Joby Williamson, Mick
Williamson.
Open Weekends
17 Oct 6pm-8pm, 18 & 19 Oct 10am-6pm as part of F-EST, 22 &
23 Nov 12 noon - 5pm.
Hothouse is a new centre for regeneration through the arts and creative industries and has been kindly lent for this photomonth exhibition by Free Form Arts Trust.
HOXTON
DISTILLERY
Above
the Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, N1.
(07815 131 679) Old Street tube
Fri-Sun 2pm-6pm
3 - 25 October
RICHARD PAUL I Was A Teenage
Hand Model
Richard Paul's first solo
show in London features large scale photographic prints of significant
liquids in the front gallery, and a lightbox, video and sculpture
installation in the back room.Cocktails mixed to match outre
photographic backgrounds, re-edited Warner Brother cartoons,
gold objects & still-life photographs all feature, searching
for the perfect imperfection, the perfecction.
INDO
BAR
133
Whitechapel Road, E1.
(020 7247 4926)
Mon-Sun 12noon-11pm
12 26 October
N.A. Omar All
Women
Imt the only way to
get them out of my head is to take photographs to prove to everybody
once & for all that Im not just seeing things
LOCK & DAVIS Gallery
89
Goldsmiths Row, E2
(020 7684 7390) Bethnal Green
tube
Tue-Sun
11am-6pm
20 October 9
November
STEVE
WINNEY Persistent Reoffender
Steve Winneys latest impeccably
produced photographic works continue & deepen his investigation
into the accidental beauty he has discovered in graffiti around
Londons East End. The focus is on the effects created on
street art by the ageing & decaying process and by attempts
to eradicate the work. The colours & textures of the backdrop the
free street canvas, be it wall or gate or skip are as important
as those of the materials used to draw or write on it. Winneys
delicate observation of the interactions of these colours & textures
producesng of process & subject matter.
LONDON
METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Central
House, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, E1.
(020 7320 1970) Aldgate East
tube
Tues-Fri 12noon-6pm
Unit
2 Gallery & Foyer Space
23
September 31 October
Institute
Institutions
The
photography section at the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media & Design
at London Metropolitan University will be holding a series of
exhibitions & seminars loosely based around the theme of
institutes & institutions.
Part 1 will
be looking at work made by those who teach & have studied
within the department, including recent artists in residence.
During this period, photographer Gareth McConnell will make some
new work about friendships within the Central House & Commercial
Road sites of the University. This project will form part of
a publication examining the diverse output of work by artists
originating from the Photography Section.
Photographers: Mick
Williamson, Susan Andrews, Rod Morris, Magali Moreau, Patrick
Foster, Heather McDonough, Leticia Valverdes, Beverly Carter,
Leon Cole, Christian Siekmeier, Mike Tait, Maria Benjamin, Aidan
McNeill, Mark Brown, Paul Trevor.
OPEN
SEMINAR Friday 10 October 3pm-5pm
with Mick
Williamson Head of Photography
at John Cass and staff and students, past and present from the
photography exhibition.
In Part
2 of the exhibition,
in The Unit 2 Gallery at Central House, Gareth
McConnell will be showing
his portraits of young people living in a range of institutions
within the UK. Showing simultaneously in The Foyer Space, Damian
Gillie will show work
from The Gunpowder Factory.
OPEN
SEMINAR Friday 17 October 3pm-5pm
with
the artists Gareth McConnell & Damian Gillie showing concurrently
in the Unit 2 Gallery and the Foyer Space.
Foyer
Space
4-14
November
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
This exhibition is concerned
with societys changing perceptions & expectations of
those with Downs Syndrome. It brings together the work of
seven photographers all of whom have children with Downs
Syndrome. The photographers explore their experiences as parents & the
adjustments they have madonventional attitudes & prejudices,
examining alternative representations of both adults & children
with this condition.
Photographers: Richard
Bailey, Fiona Bailey, Maria de Fatima Campos, Richard Davis,
Aviv Yaron, Fiona Yaron Field, Kayte Brimacombe.
OPEN SEMINAR Friday 7 November
3pm-5pm
with Andy
Merriman author of the
book A Minor Adjustment and co-author of the Radio
4 series of the same name, and other guest speakers.
LUPE GALLERY
7
Ezra Street, E2
(020 7613 5576) Bethnal Green
tube
Every Sunday 10am-3pm
5
October 30 November
SELECTED
WORK by Jane
Bown, Harry Borden, Sanders Nicolson, Carol Sharp, Stuart Redler,
Max Forsythe.
Jane Bown has photographed some
of the most important and popular icons of the twentieth century,
Sanders Nicolson is an accomplished fashion and advertising photographer
whose first love is fine art photography & printmaking, Max
Forsythes work takes colour photography to a new level,
Stuart Redlers striking high contrast black & white
prints reduce the world to graphic compositions of dark & light,
Carol Sharp specialises in plant & flower photography.
Special openings 17 & 18
Oct 11am-7pm and 19 Oct 10am-6pm as part of F-EST.
OH!
aRT AT OXFORD HOUSE
Oxford House,
Derbyshire Street, E2
(020 7739 9001)
Mon-Fri 9am-10pm
Sat-Sun 10am-6pm
2 - 31 October
Neil
Kenlock Back
in the Day
A selection from
an amazing archive of photographs that capture the black experience
in Britain in the 1970s. Neil worked for 'West Indian World', co-founded 'Root'
magazine and was the official photographer of the Black Panther Movement
in the UK. As a participating member of the black rights movement
Neil met and photographed people, places and events that were and
are, of lasting importance to the black and wider communities in
Britain. Influential celebrities such as Marvin Gaye, Toots
Hibbert (Toots and the Maytals) and Bob Marley stand alongside Linton
Johnson, Muhammad Ali, Paul Boateng and Tessa Sanderson in this unique
collection.
ORANGE
ROOM
63
Burdett Road E3
(020 8980 7336) Mile End tube
Mon-Sun 11am till late
1
October 30 November
FEDERIC MARC Ressac
A
self taught photographer from Martinique Frederic Marc displays
a surreal sensitivity as he explores his cultural history and
relates to contemporary society with a series of portraits, landscapes & cityscapes.
He is currently working in collaboration with Connectivity Diasporas
project on the Afro-Peruvian society, an upcoming multimedia
exhibition with the participation of jazz musician Mano Ventura
showing in December 2003.
SPACE-TWOTENTWO
Unit 2 210
Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9NQ
(020 8980 5475)
Bethnal Green tube
Wed-Fri 12noon-4pm
Sat 12noon-6pm
2 October - 1
November
Hunter Gatherer
The investigation of boundaries between public and private domains is the focus
of this exhibition of four photographers who specialise in the constructed
image.
Lindsay
Friend's camera
observes whilst she undertakes her daily routine, recording the entirety
of the performance. The final image reveals a series of events within
a single frame. She is giving the viewer the opportunity to enter
into her domain. The images produced reveal the residue of an action.
Julian
Latorre's work
deals with the dynamic of narrative that occurs between the
viewer, the subject and the presence of the photographer within
the image. His images also allow the viewer to put him or herself
in the position of the photographer. Thoughts of how, where,
what, why and when start to arise. A story unfolds, imagining
how these "characters" play out their roles within their spaces.
Aidan
McNeill investigates the
process of bathing. Aspects of intimacy, exposure and escapism
are associated with the images which are intended to open up
new pathways of contemplation through revealing moments that
we all share but rarely discuss.
Daniel
Whibley searches
for the secrets that are to be found amongst the banalities
of the city. He returns to the studio to reconstruct parts
of the scenes that he witnesses. Thus the transitory is transformed
into the permanent. He is observing the world and he is classifying
it.
This is the
opening show of a new space in the East End. space-twotentwo
is a dedicated photographic project and exhibition space. SLOUCH
COUCH
63
Hanbury Street, E1.
(020 7377 1115) Aldgate East
tube
Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm
(closed Sats).
1 - 31 October
PAUL MATTSSON Images of
Resistance
80 prints of the globalisation
demonstrations in Europe and the USA.
Paul Mattsson is a lifelong
socialist and a freelance photojournalist for the past 20 years.
He has a body of work specialising in issues concerning the struggle
for social justice and the labour movement. Born in Uruguay,
he now lives in Hackney, east London. His work is published weekly
in political newspapers and journals and he is commissioned by
various organisations including trade unions, charities, the
voluntary sector and other campaigning groups. He is a regular
contributor to www.reportdigital.co.uk online
picture library.
SPITALFIELDS
GALLERY
7-15
Greatorex Street, E1.
(020 7377 1935)Aldgate East
tube
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
3 - 28 November
ANN MARIE CONLON New York
New York 2001
Ann Maries personal, highly
abstracted images expand the parameters of colour photography
and lend an intense, dynamic vision of a city on the edge.
THE SPITZ GALLERY
109
Commercial Street, E1
(020 7392 9032) Liverpool Street
tube
Mon-Sun 12noon-5pm
24
September 2 November
TALES
FROM A LONELY LONDONER
An exhibition of photographic
portraits by Bandele Tex Ajetunmobi.
A Nigerian immigrant, Tex
documented life in the East End of London for nearly five decades.
His recently rediscovered archive will be exhibited throughout Black
History Month.
6 November 18 November
dbox HOME AND AWAY
An independent photography and video
project in collaboration with Bezemer dbox's status as the premier
exponents of blending photography and computer generated imagery
has been endorsed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill who have chosen
dbox to visualise their redevelopment of Ground Zero a.k.a. the
new World Trade Centre complex. dbox are are also currently working
on a fashion story which was photographed in part at the American
Natural History Museum in New York City, exploring the way current
fashions will eventually become part of the museums exhibits in
the future.
STUCKISM INTERNATIONAL
3
Charlotte Road, EC2
(020 7613 0988) Old Street tube
Wed-Sat 12noon-6pm
1
October 29 November
WOLF
HOWARD The Pinhole Photography of a Gifted Gentleman Amateur
Hand-printed black & white
pinhole photos taken in 2003. Subjects include WW1 trench caps,
typewriters, trees, piers, pineapples and Billy Childish.
Wolf Howard is a founder member
of the Stuckists art group. He has been a drummer for several
different rock n roll bands, currently the Solar Flares
and The Buff Medways, he paints & writes poetry and recently
started taking pinhole photographs. He says The best aspect
of pinhole photography is the simplicity. The camera will take
a basic, honest portrait of whatever you point at it. For example,pushed
to tell whether the photograph was taken recently or before the
camera lens was ever invented. I print my own photos from the
negatives in a small darkroom in my bathroom.
SUTTON
HOUSE
2-4
Homerton High Street, E9
(020 8525 9058) Hackney Downs
Station
Wed-Sun 11.30am-5pm
8
October 2 November
HOME
3
A project led by photographer
Anthony Lam with six participants: Sophia Mamodo, Joseph Campbell,
Hiver Crick, Talula Sheppard, Oscar Cuicudo, Lavine Andrews.
Each participant is given a budget and the opportunity to work
with Anthony who guides their work towards the final exhibition.
Anthony Lam is an international
artist who has worked with communities neighbouring Sutton House
over the last three years on the theme of home. Paerent
perspective on peoples lives and how they view aelevance
to their lives changes dramatically.
TODAY IS BORING (video
shop)
15 Kingsland Road, Hoxton E2
(020 7684 1461) Old Street tube
Tues-Sun 5pm-11pm
7
October 1 December
SARAH
DOYLE Lyrical Cru
Sarah Doyle's work with the Lyrical Cru looks at the ambitions, aspirations and dreams of a group of young girls from Leeds. They enjoy singing & dancing as well as writing their own lyrics and have decided to make use of their talents by forming their own garage crew and following in the footsteps of their favourite pop stars. They are searching for their identities through their Crew and acting out the escapist fantasy of acting at being pop stars for their own enjoyment.
TOM
BLAU
21
Queen Elizabeth Street, Butlers Wharf, SE1.
(020 7940 9171) Tower Hill tube
Tues-Fri
10am-6pm, Sat 12noon-5pm
17 September 11 October
MARTINA MULLANEY Turn In
Mullaney
has worked closely with homeless clients of night shelters and
hostels, and has produced a series of photographic works, which
respond metaphorically to notions of isolation and remoteness.
Contrary to its austere theme, Mullaneys work comprises
lavish and elegant laon closer inspection the photographs reveal
evidence of alienation and melancholy.
16 October 26 November
REMEMBERING
JFK a Jacques Lowe Retrospective
Commemorating the 40 th anniversary
of John F Kennedys assassination.
Lowe was a photographer for
publications including Life Magazine, Time Magazine, Paris Match
and Stern. He took some of the most definitive photographs of
the Kennedy family- particularly Jackie and JFK- acting as the
official campaign photographer in the run for JFK's presidency
and then, after JFK's victory, as personal photographer
to him and his family.
TOM
HALFORD GALLERY
The
Globe Centre, 159 Mile End Road, E1
(020 7791 2855) Stepney Green
tube
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
3 - 28 November
POETRY IN WOOD IN BRICK
LANE
Poetry in Wood is an art & craft
based training & employment project giving people with learning
difficulties an opportunity to express themselves and capitalise
on their individual creative abilities. Working with photographer
Phil Maxwell during his recent exhibition Brick Lane,
Poetry in Wood students created their own exhibition of the Lane.
Their take on the heart of the East End has produced a show that
brims over with humour, affection & candour.
TRANSISTION
110A Lauriston Road, E9
(07941 2085 66) London Fields
station
Fri-Sun 12noon-6pm
8-30 November
SOUVENIRS
A show of small photographs
by 50 different photographers/artists made in response to the
theme souvenirs to accompany prints by Piranesi that
are being shown in the main gallery.
WHITECHAPEL PROJECT
SPACE
20 Fordham Street, E1
(020 7377 6289)
Whitechapel tube
Sat & Sun12noon-6pm
6 - 30
November
BECKY
BEASLEY Thru Darkly Night
Thru Darkly
Night explores a dark night of the soul, experienced in the bright
light of the day. The work imagines a social space not unlike
a modern city, and entertains its impossible community. Becky
Beasley graduated in Fine Art (Photography) from the Royal College
of Art
in 2002.
VITAL
ARTS
Front
Corridor, Royal London Hospital ,
Whitechapel Road, E1.
(020 7377 7127) Whitechapel
tube
8am-8pm daily
1
October 03 January 04
BEN
COLWIN Lupus Exhibition
The project takes the form of
a series of portraits of people with Lupus and is intended to
raise the level of awareness about this serious but often overlooked
condition. Lupus (S.L.E.) is a chronic debilitating disorder
of the immune system and is one of the major medical conditions
of the modern age. It causes the immune system to become over
active, attacking rather than defending the body and can be life
threatening. It is nether neither contagious nor rare, affecting
1 in 750 women in the UK and although there is no cure at present,
the majority of cases can be controlled with modern treatment.
It mainly affects women but children and men are also affected.
Ben studied Fine Art at Middlesex
University and since graduation has worked as a freelance photographer,
with commissions regularly appearing in national magazines & newspapers.
The project came about from his experience with his late sister
Emma, who lived with Lupus for 25 years. The Peabody Trust & The
Millennium Awards Fellowship have funded the project.
Outpatients Hall, St Bartholomews
Hospital , West Smithfield
EC1.
(020 7377 7127) Farringdon tube
9am-7pm daily
1
October 03 2 January 04
ALISDAIR MCNAIR, JAMES
WARD Travels
While
studying at Barts & The Royal London Hospital, McNair took
an extended elective and worked at various hospitals in South
Africa and China. It was also a chance to travel and shoot photographs.
The pictures were all taken in China in 1999.
James Wards photogra on
his travels, with an occasional personal twist. It is a celebration
of delight and difference.
WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY
Whitechapel High Street, E1
(020 7522 7871) Aldgate East
tube
Tues-Sun 11am-6pm Thurs until
9pm
9
September 9 November
FRANZ
WEST
This exhibition brings together
the first major survey of Franz West in the UK with works from
the last thirty years. Born in Vienna in 1947, where he still
lives & works, West makes huge, vividly coloured sculptures
alongside objects, performance props, furniture and collage with
photographic images. He encourages us to wear large white plaster
objects and presents playful papier-mâché sculptures which unearth
primal images and offer snapshots of our subconscious.
Fascinated by images in glossy
magazines & the allure of glamour, soft porn and the motor
industry one series of works playfully critiques advertisements
with paint & collage to highlight their absurdity.
YOUNG
PHOTOGRAPHERS UNITED Now Know As PHOTODEBUT
18 Charlotte
Road, EC2
(0775 1212
451) Old Street tube
Tues-Sat 10am-6pm
1 October - 29
November
YOUNG
PHOTOGRAPHERS UNITED
Supporting,
promoting, connecting and encouraging emerging photographers
in the UK!
Photo debut creates
an academic environment in which artists from diverse cultural backgrounds
are able to exchange ideas, discuss and debate theoretical questions
behind photographic practice. In addition Photo Debut is a commercial
forum that creates strong links to the industry and generates a variety
of artistic and business-related projects.
seminars & courses
22 September 26 November
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES with
Anthony Lam
At the Brady Arts Centre 020
7364 7913
10 October
OPEN
SEMINAR led by
Mick Williamson
3pm-5pm Unit 2 Gallery
London Metropolitan University 020 7320 1970
15 October 13 November
WORKSHOPS
for Schools & Community Groups
At the Eco Pavilion. Bookings
07932 942 323
16
October
TALK
by Phil Maxwell
7pm at Four Corners 020 8981
6111
17 October
OPEN
SEMINAR with Gareth McConnell & Damian Gille
3pm-5pm Unit 2 Gallery, London
Metropolitan University 020 7320 1970
7
November
OPEN
SEMINAR with Andy Merriman
3pm-5pm
Unit 2 Gallery, London Metropolitan University 020 7320 1970
21 November
PHOTOFORUM
for photographers
7pm-9pm at Four Corners 020
8981 6111
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