ONCE UPON A LIE

Meryl Donoghue’s current work is comprised of a collection of large-scale gyclee prints, depicting a series of strikingly lit human/animal hybrids arranged in black space. These images, born from pencil drawings, are digital creations. Transferred from page to screen, constructed from photography and then manipulated. The final images possess a sense of magical reality, underpinned by the suggestion of something more sinister and foreboding.

The new work in ‘Once Upon A lie…’ is inspired by stories that the artist has heard and events in her life that hold sway over her. It is a portrayal of desperate circumstances with unsettling and incalculable outcomes and in part pays homage to past writers, poets and musicians whose work has fuelled her imagination and inspired invention.

Donoghue’s work explores a number of themes such as loneliness, abandonment, loss and punishment.

This exhibition runs until the 10th of May, 2009

Stolen Space Gallery
Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL

www.stolenspace.com

DOLL FACE

Miles Aldridge’s images depict a stupendously glossy and magnetically vibrant world with ultra slick, hyper-lit models and signature acid tones. Standing out among contemporary fashion and figurative photography for its luminous composition and for the mysterious situations he has created, these aspects of his practice both derive and simultaneously depart from the work of artists which Hamiltons has represented over the decades, including Horst, Penn and Avedon. Cinematic expression marks Aldridge’s work and it is not surprising therefore that his dreamlike, erotic style has drawn comparisons with the work of Bergman, Dali, David Lynch, Hitchcock and Godard amongst others.

This exhibition runs until the 10th of May, 2009

Hamiltons Gallery
13 Carlos Place
London
W1K 2EU
United Kingdom

www.hamiltonsgallery.com

REVELATIONS IN THE DARK

Italian artist Roberto Saletti conjures images from a time and space less defined and more like enigmatic memories with his “partial revelation” darkroom techniques.
Saletti’s photographic explorations go beyond what is captured through his camera lens and begins with the creative work in the darkroom. Stretching the nature of the photographic image, Saletti uses a process of painting developing solution onto the white photograph paper with a rag after exposing the image onto the paper. This technique pushes his original image and creates greater freedom and expressiveness in Saletti’s photographic artwork. Saletti commented, “I have learned to make optimal photos from a technical point of view; then I have realized I was being bored and I pushed to search for greater freedom.”

This exhibition runs until the 7th of May, 2009

The Farmani Gallery
111 Front St
Suite 212
Brooklyn
NY
USA

www.farmanigallery.com