ALLAN SEKULA – POLONIA AND OTHER FABLES

Posted on 2011-07-25

Both Polonia and Other Fables and Walking on Water by US photographer Allan Sekula, explore personal themes rooted in the artist’s Polish ancestry, placed amidst wider considerations of national identity, migration and global economics.

The exhibition is made up of a series of large, square-format analogue photographs; a text booklet and wall-mounted quotations, alongside an installation of slide projection. The artist uses a range of photographic tropes, from clandestine snapshots to formal portraiture, from ethnography to street photography, from serial to aerial views in an attempt to understand Poland, the place, and the Poland that lives in the minds of those who have left.

Exhibition runs through to August 19th, 2011

Belfast Exposed Photography
The Exchange Place
23 Donegall Street
BT1 2FF
Belfast
Northen Ireland

www.belfastexposed.org

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CHRISTIAN GIERATHS – SALAAM BOMBAY

Posted on 2011-07-25

The exhibition´s title Salaam Bombay derives from a film title of the 1980s which reflects Gieraths´ interest in locations for the Hindi film industry, located in Mumbai.
Christian Gieraths is a flaneur who is interested in the hustle and bustle of a society which develops itself in the pulse of technological progress and which, therefore, is in an ongoing condition of change. He is continuously searching for places where he can find these changes manifested in its historical, political or aesthetic forms. Sotchi, Havanna, Tokyo, Hollywood and Las Vegas have been previous settings of earlier series´ which show a similar picture language: They show deserted places, streets and interiors as well as facades. His focal point of the compositions is always identical. Hence, the viewpoint of the observer as well as the restricted image section remains Gieraths´ criteria for composition. His photographies are comprised by a certain silence that derives from his composition and reminds of film stills.

Colour and atmosphere as well as the artist´s viewpoint are most significant. By depicting his compositions in a short span of time he enables the past to become present. Through dealing with these locations and its surroundings, as well as thoughtful observations of the sensual reality and the atmospheric moods, Gieraths transforms his visual experience into photography.

Exhibition runs through to September 2nd, 2011

Baukunst Galerie
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 7
D – 50668 Cologne
Germany

www.baukunst-galerie.de

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VALERIE PHILLIPS – I ATE A GRASSHOPPER

Posted on 2011-07-25

New exhibition by Valerie Phillips whose biggest influences remain the things she loved as a kid outer space, gymnastics, skateboarding and the paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

She grew up in pre-disneyfied New York City, cut school to compete with her skateboard team, snuck into clubs to see bands, and eventually left for London to take pictures.

Her work has appeared on numerous cd sleeves including PJ Harvey, Manic Street Preachers, Amy Winehouse, Amy Macdonald and Tracey Thorn. Her commercial clients include Nike, Doc Martens, Billabong, Puma, Reebok, Paul Smith, Virgin Atlantic, PF Flyers, Urban Outfitters, Goodyear, JC Penney, Sony Playstation, PC World, New Look, Selfridges.

Valerie has published six books so far. Each documenting the life of a different girl. From a Polish high school student in Brooklyn to a young teen gymnast training in Oklahoma. The latest, ‘Amber Is For Caution’ , follows an ex-model studying to become a surgical technician in Kentucky. Her books convey an un-precious, realistic and spirited account of someone’s life.

Exhibition runs from July 26th, 2011

Claire de rouen books
1st Floor, 121 – 125 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0EW

valeriephillips.com

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