London Photography Exhibitions November
London Photography Exhibitions November 2015
London photography exhibitions this month feature some treats for enthusiasts: Erwin Olaf’s nudes at Hamiltons intend reveal the body in a “soft and intimidating way”. Meanwhile Candida Höffer who like like Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth is of the ‘Kunstakademie Düsseldorf’ puts architecture centre stage at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Mayfair. The exhibition name is apt as Hilla Becher, who taught at the ‘Kunstakademie Düsseldorf’ passed away last month. Other top London photography exhibitions in November include Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism and Smiler, an exhibition documenting social change in 1980s London. Read on for more details of these and other London photography exhibitions open now in the capital. Note that some London photography exhibitions are closing soon, more details below.
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Erwin Olaf: Skin Deep
Erwin Olaf, known for addressing social issues through his photography, earning him a reputation, as someone not shy of generating controversy. His photography studies the human form in much detail: he was influenced by Joel-Peter Witkin and Robert Mapplethorpe.
The Dutch photographer won the Young European Photographer in 1988. Olaf became notorious for his subversive and transgressive photography. Ultimately Olaf became a leading pioneer of “staged photography”. Amongst his most known works are Mature (1999), Royal Blood (2000) and Paradise (2001).
“Erwin Olaf’s art implicitly visualises the unspoken, the overlooked, that which typically resists easy documentation”. Erwin Olaf
Hamiltons treat you to a display of Erwin Olaf’s newest body of work. Skin deep is a “pure and less constructed” series. The body of work built up over the last year, the work is truly a “tribute to the human body, to celebrate its uniqueness“.
“The purpose of Skin Deep is not to shock; on the contrary, the images, while direct and honest, are intended to reveal the human body in a “soft, intimidating way”. Photography Now
Hamiltons is close to Grosvenor Square in Mayfair.
Where: Hamiltons.
Ends: Saturday, 14th November, 2015.
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Candida Höfer: Memory
Candida Höfer is a former student of Bernd & Hilla Becher and like Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, her work is known for technical perfection. Höfer is often described as a photographer of empty space as since the 1980s her lenses focused almost exclusively on meticulously composed uninhabited interiors of public buildings. Her austere, yet opulent, large-format prints of institutional interiors have made her one of the most beloved artists in her native Germany. Candida Höfer has taught as well as produce art: from 1997 to 2000 was a professor at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany.
“…it became apparent to me that what people do in these spaces – and what these spaces do to them – is clearer when no one is present, just as an absent guest is often the subject of a conversation.” Candida Höfer
Ben Brown Fine Arts are presenting Candida Höfer: Memory – Selected Works from the State Hermitage Museum Exhibition 2015. Memory is an exhibition which received critical acclaim at the State Hermitage Museum this summer: “the architecture takes centre stage, losing its attribute of public space, a space created for man, to become an idealised image that could not exist in the public sphere, a world where man has no place”.
Ben Brown Fine Arts is on Brook’s Mews in Mayfair, a short walk from Bond Street Tube Station.
Where: Ben Brown Fine Arts.
Ends: Friday, 27th November.
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Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism
Syd Shelton, the British photographer, became involved in Rock Against Racism on returning to London from Australia in 1976. Rock Against Racism was a grassroots movement: a campaign aimed at halting the rise of hatred in music, with the slogan “Love Music, Hate Racism“. Syd Shleton became a designer and photographer for the Rock Against Racism fanzine ‘Temporary Hoarding‘. He has also produced the largest collection of images.
Autograph ABP at Rivington Place displays the first major exhibition of Syd Shelton’s photographs. The images “capture a period charged with thrills, anger and the threat of violence” – The Guardian.
Rivington Place is in Shoreditch, a short walk from Shoreditch High Street London Overground station. You might consider stopping off at Boxpark, a pop-up shopping centre, on the walk back to the station to make a start on Christmas shopping.
Where: Rivington Place.
Ends: Saturday, 5th December.
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Smiler: Photographs of London by Mark Cawson
Mark Cawson (also known as Smiler) photographed squats in 1970s, 80s and 90s using black and white film. At the time there was a sense of alienation and the uncertainty born of political and social upheaval.
“Mark Cawson captured images that defined a generation of London youth disillusioned and betrayed by the system, in the places forgotten – or ignored – by the rest of the world.” Dazed Digital
“I used the camera like a storm anchor helping me to navigate and freeze a spinning world of change and flux.” Smiler
ICA presents a display of previously unseen images. ICA is on The Mall in London. If you visit on a nice day, you might consider a walk in the lovely St James’s Park, which is just a couple of minutes away.
Where: ICA.
Ends: Sunday, 29th November, 2015.
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Berenice Abbott
Free admission.
Berenice Abbott, widely regarded as one of the most important American documentary photographers, is known for her black and white photography of New York City architecture and US Depression urban design of the 1930s. The series of iconic photographs of New York City is possibly her most widely known work.
Berenice Abbott was an assistant in Man Ray’s studio and was influenced by Eugène Atget. Atget’s work irrevocably marked Abbott by its pure photographic authority. The attention to detail in her work shows the influence of Eugène Atget.
Beetles + Huxley display images from the lesser known US Route 1 series, as well as iconic images of New York City. The ‘Route 1’ captures were made on a road trip through small towns along the US East Coast, from Maine down to Florida, providing Berenice Abbbott’s account of the American Scene.
Beetles+Huxley is just off Piccadilly, not far from Fortnum & Masons or the Royal Academy of Arts and a short walk from Regent Street.
Free admission.
Where: Beetles + Huxley.
Ends: Saturday, 21st November, 2015.
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Noémie Goudal: Southern Light Stations
Free admission before 12 noon.
Noémie Goudal’s photogrpahy focusses on the interactions at the interface of man and nature or “the organic as “invaded” by the man-made“. The Photographers’ Gallery presents Noémie Goudal’s first major London solo show.
The Photographers’ Gallery is by Liberty of London, not far from either Oxford Street or Regent Street. There is a great café which also serves nice salads, tea, coffee and cakes.
Free admission before 12 noon.
Where: Photographers’ Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 10th January, 2016.
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Cy Twombly: Photographs
Cy Twombly, the American photographer painter and scupltor, has his photography feature in this London photography exhibition. Natural subjects – tulips, strawberries, cabbages, lemons – captured between 1985 and 2008 are on show. The exhibition coincides with another London exhibition featuring Cy Twombly’s paintings and sculptures.
Where: Gasgonian.
Ends: Saturday, 12th December, 2015.
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Julia Margaret Cameron: Influence and Intimacy
Free admission.
Julia Margaret Cameron, born in Calcutta in 1815, took up photography on receiving a camera as a gift from her daughter and son-in law, Julia and Charles Norman. For the next eleven years, until her death, she exploded creatively, by the coercive force of her eccentric personality, she made portraits, using family members, servants and local residents as models. Of the camera, Julia Margaret Cameron wrote, “and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigour.” Though considered to demonstrate sloppy craftsmanship by contemporaries. She ignored the critics and deliberately used a soft focus and long exposures, instilling an uncommon sense of breath and life in her pictures.
The Media Space at South Kensington’s Science Museum marks Julia Margaret Cameron’s 200th birthday with this exhibition. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the Herschel Album (1864). 94 images which Julia considered to be her finest work.
The Science Museum is on Exhibition Road in South Kensington. Consider stopping for a crêpe on the walk back to South Kensington tube station at Kensington Crêperie after the exhibition.
Free admission.
Where: Science Museum.
Ends: Monday, 28th March, 2016.
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London Dust
Free admission
London dust is a small exhibition of photographs and films reflecting on recent changes in London. Addressed are the social changes brought about by the 2008 Financial Crisis and the ever evolving face of London through redevelopment.
The Museum of London is a short walk from Barbican tube station.
Where: Museum of London.
Ends: Sunday, 10th January, 2016.
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Henry Wessel: Incidents
Free admission
Henry Wessel is an arguably under-appreciated American photographer, who counts William Carlos Williams and André Kertész as his influences. The free exhibition at Tate Britain features 27 undated photographs which were recently acquired by the gallery. “Captured from his car, on the street, or in other public places, and taken with minimal interaction with the subject, these commonplace scenes are framed by Wessel as if they were isolated moments from a grander narrative.” – Tate.
If you can’t make it into London to see the prints, you might consider by the collection book.
Free admission
Where: Tate Modern.
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That’s it for this week’s London Photography Exhibitions, look out for next week’s list of London Photography Exhibitions!
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