As promised, some exhibition recommendations. More coming soon!
TATE MODERN
There's lots of great stuff at the Tate at the moment (actually so much I haven't had the time to see it all). And the permanent collection is also always good.
An exhibition exploring the power of photography as a documentary medium, with works by Luc Delahaye, Mitch Epstein, Guy Tillim,
and Akram Zaatari. Could be useful for the environment unit! On until 31st March.
The Artist Rooms at Tate Modern currently show's a three room exhibition of the American photographer Diane Arbus. Arbus is most famous for her portraits of people in the outskirts of society. Hurry, because this exhibition is on only until 6th November!
In my opinion, one of the best and interesting exhibitions this year. In this project Simon is investigating bloodlines and it's an exhibition where the personal and the political meet. Simon is a master of combining image and text and the exhibition is a must see for anyone interested in portraiture and social commentary. Simon has also documented some objects of her subjects, so I think this exhibition is very supportive to both your units - and it's for free, as the exhibitions above. It's on until 2nd January.
---
Besides these three, Tate Modern currently shows Gerhard Richter, I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it's good. He's a painter, but his work is very closely linked to photography, so do have a look at him! The museum also shows Tacita Dean's film, wich I'm also very curios about.
---
Julia Margaret Cameron @ V&A Museum of Childhood
For anyone interested in portraiture, the history of photography or alternative processes, the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green in East London has a nice little exhibition of Cameron's portraits of children. And if you havent been to the Museum of Childhood before, its permanent collection is worth having look at, though I do recommend you avoid it on weekends, unless you like family fun with lots of children. Watching the museum displays is like walking down memory lane to your own childhood. Oh, and they have very nice shop!
---
Since you have to photograph an object, I started to think about this. Bill Jackson's exhibition Cabinet of Curiosities brings together three of the artist's series, all exploring the idea of the photograph as an object. As the daughter of a collector (and a bit of a collector myself) of everything, I especially enjoyed the series called Relics. The exhibition is on at Troika Editions Front Room gallery until the end of the month.
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar