Gareth McConnell
dal 7/10/2003 al 4/11/2003
Segnalato da
7/10/2003
Gareth McConnell
Artandphotographs gallery, London
Details of Sectarian Murals. Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar. The Details offer an insider's perspective. The ambivalence the photographer feels about what is seen to the outside world as a highly politically charged conflict-zone, has been distilled down to incidents of brush strokes and spray cans. These selections, made over a number of years, reduce the dramatic messages, calls to arms, into beautiful unintelligible fragments.
Details of Sectarian Murals
Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar
The Details (photographed selections of the murals that illustrate the urban
landscapes of northern Ireland just now being painted over) offer an
insider's perspective. The ambivalence the photographer feels about what is
seen to the outside world as a highly politically charged conflict-zone, has
been distilled down to incidents of brush strokes and spray cans. These
selections, made over a number of years, reduce the dramatic messages, calls
to arms, into beautiful unintelligible fragments.
Like the Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar, a loyalist pub on the
outskirts of Belfast, the Details inform us that apart from what is shown to
the world, this is a place like any other that is formed of individuals and
their activities. Seven photographic prints from the Details series will be
on the gallery walls while the Portraits and Interiors are shown as a boxed
portfolio.
Gareth McConnell was born at the height of the troubles in 1972 in
Carrickfergus. He Aged 19 he found work in England as a freelance
photographer in the music business and on editorials for leading style
magazines. He obtained an MA in photography from the Royal College of Art,
in 1999. His acclaimed first book Wherever You Go, with an essay by
Charlotte Cotton, was published in 2002. Photoworks and Steidl are
co-publishing a large monograph of his work in spring of 2004.
private view 8th October, 6-8pm
artandphotographs
13 mason's Yard, (Duke Street, St. James's) London, sw1y 6bu
t: 020 7321-0495