Exhibition review: Annie Leibovitz:Women: New Portraits

Exhibition: Photography Title: Annie Leibovitz:Women: New Portraits Theme: Women Venue: Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, London. Date attended: 25th January, 2016 Curator: Annie Leibovitz Location, setting, atmosphere: As we entered we were told that we could not take photos with our cameras.  Could we take them with our phones?  Yes. So we did. The former power station is…

Peter Kennard: Unofficial war artist

Photography, photomontage, paintings and mixed media exhibition Imperial war museum, London. Date of visit: January 24th, 2016 Curator: Richard Slocombe. Location, setting, atmosphere: Paradoxically set in the Imperial War Museum which, presumably, houses pro-war memorabilia. It was set in four spaces all dealing with different aspects of Kennard’s take on wars in general & the…

Wolf Suschitzky: Exhibition review

I attended this at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, on 24th January, 2016 It was held in the basement and there were very few images, all in black and white. The curator also doubled up as the shop assistant. The location, setting and atmosphere spoilt it for me because it appeared to be an exhibition purely and…

Aurelio Gonzalez: slides presented by Rosangela Renno

Exhibition of slides from 20 analogue projectors placed in a relatively small space allowing viewers to project the slides/ images they wanted to see. At The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Date: 24th January, 2016. Curator: Rosangela Renno Location, setting, atmosphere: Again, having come up to this exhibition after having been totally bamboozled by the Irish exhibition,…

Easter Rising 1916

Exhibition on the theme of the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 at The Photographers’ Gallery. Date: 24th January, 2016. The exhibition had photographs taken from the Sean Sexton collection, & included portraits of executed leaders,scrapbooks, collages & images of rebellion sites all ranging from the key events before & after the rebellion: 1840 –…

Saul Leiter retrospective: “If we look and look, we begin to see and are still left with the pleasure of uncertainty.”

Single author exhibition of his works: paintings, sketchbooks and photographs: both b/w and colour. I went on my own: up to the sixth floor with a broken ankle on my crutches because the lift was not working – the engineer was on his way! Venue: The Photographers’ gallery, London. Date: Sunday, 24th January, 2016. Curators:…

Alec Soth “Gathered leaves” photography exhibition review

    The OCA study day on 23rd January, 2016, was organised and run by Helen Warburton & had 15 students attending. The exhibition was hosted by The Science Museum, London. The curator was Kate Bush. The location: London = very far to travel from Torbay requiring overnight stays.  The media space of the museum had 2…

exhibition review: In Parallel: Edgelands by Andrew Rowe

Highlights For me it was seeing pieces which were similar to the ones I have taken on my edgelands project. Hearing the artist talk about his work, his references & his inspiration = how the work evolved. Seeing the different materials he used in producing & experimenting with his pieces. Hearing the views of the…