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19th July 2010 |
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In a recent lecture the National Theatre's Nicholas Hytner raised concerns about the future of the arts under the huge cuts promised by the new Coalition Government. Hytner’s principle argument was that the Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, saw the arts, as funded by the Arts Council, as being wasteful and bureaucratic. Whatever the truth of this, what is not discussed by the politicians or the media is the way small groups and individual artists have managed to contribute to the arts of the UK without any funding from the Arts Council. Unwilling to tick the boxes required for government sponsorship, which so often has the effect of diluting the artistic endeavour, many artists and collectives have found their own way to fund their activities. It is just possible that in this new era of non-governmental funding such groups will flourish as the public choose to support directly the arts they are interested in. This week we are delighted to showcase the work of Nicolas Ferrando. It takes a brave, and some may say foolhardy, person to tamper with such iconic images as the "Twins" by Diane Arbus, "Falling Soldier" by Robert Capa and Richard Avedon's "Dovima with elephants", but Nicolas Ferrando has done just that with his series of paper bag portraits. |
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Nicolas FerrandoElephants: Paper Bags In his series "Paper Bags", Nicolas makes a deliberate choice to work with famous pictures, images that have become etched upon our collective sub consciousness. He painstakingly recreates them, happily employing the digital technology to construct all or part of the photograph. |
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Nicolas FerrandoTwins: Paper Bags When we first see Nicolas's faithful rendition of these familiar images our impression is view them as clones. The paper bags force a mental double take, the paper bag changes everything by undermining our certainty in what we see. It reminds us that this is a constructed image and an interpretation rather than having any pretence to reality. Which is the theme of the whole series. |
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Nicolas FerrandoSpanish Solider: Paper Bags Nicolas studied at the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires where he won the Best Photography award for his work "Jakuza" at the FUC 2002 Short Film Festival. He moved to London to pursue his studies in photography attending The Slade School of Art to do his MA. His series "The Paper Bag" has been exhibited internationally including at the Nancy Victor Gallery, London, 2004 and The University of Greenwich, London 2006. The series was awarded Third Prize in the International Photography Awards in 2004. |
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Artist NewsChristine Erhard has been selected to take part in FotoSommer Stuttgart 2010 Award Show, which opens later this month on the 30th July 2010. Christine will be showing work from her new book "Fotografien", which is now available from Troika Editions. Kurt Tong is previewing five images from his project, "The Queen, The Chairman and I" in the exhibition "Hong Kong Chronicles" at Rencontres d'Arles. Our congratulations go to Bill Jackson has been the recipient of a number of prizes with a bronze medal at the Royal Photographic Society Print Awards for the portrait of his mother and six bronze medals for his series of portraits of artists at the Epson Panoramic International Photograpy Awards. Hin Chua is profiled in the July issue of the BJP with his series "After the Fall". Hin uses maps to locate potential targets in the landscape seeking out intersections where the urban and rural landscapes collide. His keen eye for colour and light stands out and he is attracting attention having been selected as one of the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographer awards in 2009. Stuart Bailes is the recipient of this year's Hoopers Gallery Award, given to an outstanding Royal College of Art graduate. Stuart will be exhibiting his winning series alongside five other RCA graduates including fellow Troika Editions artist Noemie Goudal in the Hoopers Summer Show, which opens on the 7th July until 3rd September. Stuart and Noemie are also taking part in the group show "The Marquise went out at Five O'clock" at the Edel Assanti Gallery, London until 5 September. Noemie has future solo shows at the Hotshoe Gallery, London; the LBC Gallery in Dublin and in December at the Uno+Uno Gallery in Milan Jan Dunning has been asked back by the Tate Britain to run one of her popular animation workshops on 24th July. The June/July issue of The Photographer Magazine features Lynne Collins and her series "The Trespasser". Lynne is interviewed by editor Jonathan Briggs who says she is "Not your average artist and not your average photographer - Lynne Collins has brought together classical still life, woodland scenes and urban decay in a series of works that stand alone in their beauty." Lynne is also showing work from her series "The Edge of Perception" as part of a group show at the Bigger Picture Gallery in Crystal Palace, London. The exhibition runs from 5th June to 31st August. |
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Critic's Choice: JulyWe are delighted to bring you our July Critic's Choice by Diane Smyth of the British Journal of Photography. Diane has chosen "Willsbridge" by Tom Pope from his series "Over the Edge" and writes: "...this is serious funny business. Tom Pope's playing the Fool, a naive but intelligent role. Fools don't play by the rules, in fact they seem incapable of it, and that's what makes them absurd. But that's what makes them visionary too. "Not all there" in this world, they have a special take on it, and were once revered for it." Tom is currently studying at the Royal College of Art where he is pursuing his ideas about anarchy and the absurd. In April 2010 his portrait of the scientist Stephen Jones was selected as the National Portrait Gallery's Photograph of the Month and his series "The Escapades of the Higher Man" was shown at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. |
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CollectionsTroika Editions and the FORMAT International Photography Festival are delighted to announce the three winners of the Troika Editions FORMAT Exposure Prize - Katrin Koenning, Jae Hee Schin aka Schinster and Kurt Tong. These winning artists, selected from hundreds of submissions, will take part in a group exhibition during Photomonth 2010 in a preview of the 2011 Exposure Festival: “RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW: Exposures from the public realm” and their winning series will also become part of the FORMAT Collection. Each artist offers a very different response to working in public spaces. From Kurt Tong’s exploration of the issues of security and terrorism effecting the professional photographer when working on the street; Schinster’s exacting recreations of people moving through public spaces to Koenning’s beautiful observations, capturing pedestrians as they walk into the sunlight; this exhibition highlights the varied and interesting approaches employed today by young artists working in the public realm. The FORMAT Collection, to be launched in October 2010 will feature twelve photographers, all of whom, including our three award winners, have been selected from the Exposure Open Submission and will be given the opportunity to show case their work on Troika Editions, with all net profits raised through the sale of these prints going to the artist and in support of FORMAT. Our new initiative, Collections, is designed to provide photography organisations with the opportunity to showcase their own portfolio of artists and photography online and pursue an alternative funding avenue through the sale of limited edition photography prints. We hope with your support we can help these photography projects continue to thrive in this new age of reduced government financing of the arts. The net proceeds from all sales of limited edition prints in these special collections will go to the photography organisation and the supporting photographers. In some cases through the generosity of the photographers, the net proceeds will go entirely to the photographic organisation. More partners will be announced in the coming weeks. |
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