The Line of Lividity
dal 8/10/2009 al 7/11/2009
Segnalato da
8/10/2009
The Line of Lividity
Gallery Primo Alonso, London
The group show is an unwavering exploration of death and mortality, featuring photographic work by Sophia Al-irimi, Rob Ball and Neil Hamon. In time for the Halloween season, this unsettling show concentrates on the journalistic portrayal of death as interpreted by the artist. From the clinical to the simply gruesome, this macabre showcase exposes the darkest elements of human nature.
curated by Medeia Cohan-Petrolino
Gallery Primo Alonso is proud to present The Line of Lividity, an unwavering exploration of death and mortality, featuring photographic work by Sophia Al-irimi, Rob Ball and Neil Hamon and curated by Medeia Cohan-Petrolino. In time for the Halloween season, this unsettling show concentrates on the journalistic portrayal of death as interpreted by the artist. From the clinical to the simply gruesome, this macabre showcase exposes the darkest elements of human nature
Sophia Al-Irimi's dark, staged portraits of murderers and murder victims inspired by press headlines are a reaction to the story-like hysterical journalism typical of today's popular-press. Bloody figures sit or stand before a stage-like curtain, mirroring traditional backdrops of social portraiture and pointing towards the theatrical melodrama of tabloid journalism.
Rob Ball's flawless clinical documentation of the morgue environment and medical equipment isolates traces of death with an unadorned matter-of-factness. Ball highlights an indexical function or objectivity of photography owing much to the industrial and architectural work of contemporary German photographers particularly Bernd and Hiller Becher.
Inspired by the work of police photographer, Alphonse Bertillon, Neil Hamon recreates American crime-scene photography from the 1910s and '20s with his suicide self portrait series in which he has adopted the role of both documenter and subject. His work reveals how we are lured into falsehoods because of our desire to preserve, restore and remember.
The line of Lividity is a chilling, yet beautiful re-telling of the stillness of the end and an objective presentation of loss devoid of emotion.
Halloween celebration, 9pm - midnight, 31 October 2009, join Primo Alonso as we celebrate the end of the harvest, also known as Halloween. Fancy dress required.
Private View: Friday 9th October 6pm - 9pm
Gallery Primo Alonso
395-397 Hackney Road, London
Open Friday-Sunday 11am - 6pm or by appointment
free admission