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Haven’t updated the blog for a little while so here’s what I have been up to:
I did my first ever talk to a very lovely audience at London Photo Festival. Pleasure to meet Giles Duley there- his talk was really something special.
We had a great opening night last week at Underground Gallery for David Solomons’ ‘No Smoking’ exhibition. Copies of David’s books flew like hot cakes! The show is on until next Tuesday so you’ve still got time to see it if you haven’t already. Thanks to HotShoe mag for listing Gesche’s upcoming show and look out for our posters on the London Underground- our Art Below collaboration.
I have kept in touch with most of my tutors that I had when I was at uni. For those of you that are Middlesex students, Michael Bradley came in whom is very supportive of the gallery. I have been thinking of doing a Masters for quite a while now and I was really flattered when Michael said there’s a place on there for me if I want it :) I so do! I just don’t know how I can fit it all in. It’s nearly summer time so I’ve got a lot of work coming in (this is a very busy period for me) and lots of new curatorial projects have popped up, one of which is for a super unique space and I take it all on because I don’t like to turn any opportunity down.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT ENTERED THE OPEN CALL! I received quite a few international entries- I don’t know how you all heard about it but I am happy you did! Thank you to Laid Bare and The What Where When for listing it.
Photographers that moved me:
1) Helena Herdholdt- I hope to exhibit her work at Underground Gallery at some point in 2013. Helena’s work is the most honest documentary photography I have come across in a long time and I really enjoyed going through mountains of prints with her.
2) My new friend Esther took me to a talk at Frameless Gallery in Clarkenwell where photographer Daniel Regan and his friend were doing an exhibition about Alopecia and Breast Cancer. I have been to so many talks over the years, Sarah Moon to Simon Norfolk etc. but this is one of the best I have been to by far. It was moving and inspiring and very optimistic so much so that people were queueing downstairs to put money in to the collection bucket.
I have missed a lot of PV’s this week so sorry if I said I would try to come along to something but didn’t manage it. I think I need to have a day of just seeing shows, definitely need to see the Steve Bloom. I am off to support our Mirian tomorrow at Late at the Tate which I am very much looking forward to and then I am off on Saturday to shoot all weekend in Somerset :)
We are having an Underground Gallery trip to the Truman Brewery to visit some degree shows, so get in touch if you want us to visit yours too!
Send us an invitation to: info@undergroundgallery.co.uk
I am also pleased to announce that I am curating an exhibition of selected work by Middlesex University that will be on show at Underground Gallery. More details to follow over the next week.
Pleased to see one of our upcoming shows on the London 2012 Festival app!
I haven’t posted anything on the blog for a little while as I have been busy doing lots of things!
Success of the Underground Gallery is starting to snowball as we are approaching our first birthday! (We will be running a competition to celebrate where you can submit your photo stories for the chance to be one of the four photographers picked to win the wall space for one week! More news about that over the next few weeks) Thank you all for your support :D
I got an email today saying that one of my portraits is going to be published in a book, a talented photographer called Esther Sabetpour got in touch as she is forming a collective which I am excited to say I am now a member of & finally preparing an Open Call for a show I am curating at Bridge Creative Studios. It’s a 1,200 sq ft space in Bermondsey and I encourage you all to enter. There will be music, live performance, free drinks and free entry! Spread the word! The closing date is the 31st May.
Lastly, don’t forget Michaela Greene’s PV tomorrow 6-9pm and David Solomons’ PV next Tuesday, both at Underground Gallery and everyone is very welcome to join us!
