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Uncertified Documents
dal 29/1/2008 al 29/3/2008
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29/1/2008

Uncertified Documents

Pump House Gallery, London

Peter Kennard including new work with Cat Picton Phillipps. The exhibition shows the artist's photomontages and working roughs for his final pieces, alongside original copies of numerous media - newspapers, magazines, posters and books - in which they have appeared.


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Pump House Gallery is pleased to present Uncertified Documents, an exhibition that brings together over forty original photomontages by Peter Kennard, once described as "Britain's master of photomontage". Made over a 30-year period from the1970s, the works address social and political issues such as conflict, the environment, nuclear disarmament and civil liberty. Using photomontage as a critical vehicle for his examination of political and social concerns, Kennard's extraordinary collectionof images presents aradical view of Britain's social and cultural infrastructure.

The exhibition will show the artist's photomontages and working roughs for his final pieces, alongside original copies of numerous media - newspapers, magazines, posters and books - in which they have appeared. These include The Guardian, Workers Press as well as CND and GLC posters.

Influenced by John Heartfield, the German photomonteur who produced work in the 1930s and 40s that laid bare the injustices of the rise of fascism, Kennard's art similarly communicates strong political messages to initiate collective action. Serious yet satirical, Kennard conveys his message with unique wit and imagination, often disguising the high level of technical sophistication required to produce each image.

The exhibition will include his recent work in collaboration with Picton Phillipps, which has evolved to digital montage; together they created 'Photo-op', one of the most memorable media images of the Blair/Bush decade. They recently made their first video, shot by Picton Phillipps - rough, DIY and reminiscent of the early montages. This insight into the working process of Kennard and Picton Phillipps explores the actions of an artist; selecting, marking, cutting, altering and reassembling to create new and critical images.

To accompany the exhibition will be a news sheet including an interview with Peter Kennard by the writer and critic John Slyce.

Peter Kennard has recently exhibited in 'Media Burn', Tate Modern, London, 2006, and has artwork in Tate and Victoria & Albert Museum collections.

Peter Kennard and Cat Picton Phillipps have exhibited in 'Forms of Resistance' at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2007; 'Green Zone/Red Zone' Gemak, The Free Academy, Den Hague, 2007; 'Antennae', Houston Centre of Photography, Texas, 2007.

free exhibition talk : Wednesday 30 January 5.30 - 6.30pm
An opportunity to hear Peter Kennard in conversation with Cat Picton Phillips discussing ideas explored through the exhibition.

Preview: Wednesday 30 January, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Pump House Gallery
Battersea Park, London
Free admission

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