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ART & TERRORISM

 

 

Join Evie Salmon on Thursday 15 September for a very special panel discussion The Art of Terrorism to coincide with Hugh Mendes’ 9/10/11 exhibition at the Kenny Schachter/Rove Gallery.

 

Spectacular. Provocative. Awesome. Terrorism and art circle each other in complex and difficult ways. From the destruction of art in acts of terrorism to the attempts of artists to respond to such acts, terrorism is an issue that raises challenging political, representational and aesthetic questions. The two spheres also intersect. 9/11 has had an indelible impact upon the visual arts, film and literature. Rather than existing purely as a ‘trauma’, terrorism also seems ideally suited to, if not a direct product of, the 21st century and its media-saturated creative culture. How then are we to consider the connection?

      9/11 has a very particular place in our collective consciousness, reflected in a constantly evolving cultural legacy. Art’s own relationship with terrorism throws up questions of politics, violence, mortality and the emergence of iconic images. 

      This special event presents an opportunity to learn more about Hugh Mendes’ work and methods, discuss broader issues inspired by the show and ask questions. 

Led by Evie Salmon, the panel will include Hugh Mendes and James Riley.

Doors open at 6.30pm, discussion from 7.00pm

Thursday 15th September, 2011

 

KENNY SCHACHTER / ROVE
Lincoln House,33-34 Hoxton Square London N1 6NN
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Special Event Invitation

Thursday 25th August

 

 

Join our Creative in Residence Evie Salmon on Thursday 25th August for a very special panel discussion, Shooting Icons: Behind the Lens of Brian Duffy.

 

What makes an image iconic? This special event presents an opportunity to learn more about the photography of Duffy, as our guest panel examine the influences behind his practice and the ongoing legacy his work has left on photography and fashion.

 

The panel will be led by Idea Generation Gallery’s Creative in Residence Evie Salmon and will include Chris Duffy, who painstakingly rediscovered his father’s work and now manages his archive; Linda Brusasco, who produced a BBC documentary about Duffy shortly before his death and Philippe Garner, Director of Christie's and the firm's International Head of Photography and 20th Century Decorative Art & Design.

 

 

Booking Essential. Tickets £4.

Doors open at 6.15pm.

 

This event is set to sell out quickly. Book your place now through Eventbrite here.

 

Joanna Lumley & Son © Duffy Archive                         David Bowie Aladdin Sane © Duffy Archive

 

 

“Duffy was a commercial photographer, a picture-maker for paying clients in the worlds of fashion, marketing and the print media….An anarchic, abrasive, provocative young talent in 60s London who precisely sensed the seismic shifts in British culture that could allow him to invent himself as one of the most successful of a new breed of fashionable photographers.”
Philippe Garner, International Head of Photography, Christie’s

 

 

"Brian Duffy photographed the major icons of his time in a series of classic images. At the same time his work is itself iconic as it crosses the line between the recording of reality and the production of art."
Evie Salmon, Lecturer, University of Cambridge; Creative in Residence, Idea Generation

 

 

Book Tickets Now

 

 

This event also presents one of the last opportunitise to catch Duffy's stunning retrospective, as his exhibition draws to a close on August 28th.
 

 

For more on our Creative in Residence, writer, painter and Cambridge lecturer Evie Salmon visit www.eviesalmon.co.uk 

 

 

Duffy: A Visual Record of the Photographic Genius

Open to the public until 28/08/11

 

 

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http://gallery.ideageneration.co.uk

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