A series of my Celestial prints will be on show in this group exhibition at Heinzer Reszler in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Other artists include:
Mathieu Bernard-Reymond
Sophie Bouvier Ausländer
Kaspar Flück
Christian Gonzenbach
Andreas Hochuli
Mingjun Luo
Nathalie Perrin
Sebastian Stadler
&
Mengzhi Zheng
After its exhibition at the Rouen Normandie Photographic Center in 2017 and then in 2018 at the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen, my Normandy exhibition moves to the Cotentin peninsula at the Château de Flamanville.
From Seine-Maritime to Manche, I traveled throughout the Normandy region in search of outdoor leisure activities surveying local festivals, parades, commemorations, sport events and garage sales. The exhibition on offer at Château de Flamanville commits the (re) discovery of this photographic ensemble in the light of the last months of confinement and the radical changes that have taken place in our social practices.
As a counterpoint to my contemporary landscapes, also presented in the exhibition are extracts from amateur films from the Normandy Images collections, produced between the years 1920 and 1960, old postcards as well as some reproductions from the Gain collection and the Victor Lefrançois Archives collection from the departments of Manche.
The Horizon is Moving Nearer takes the symbiotic nature of society, politics and ecology as the basis to explore how modern humans have reached a crossroads. In this era of various global health emergencies, from Covid-19 to anti-Black violence, we are confronted by a series of critical and interrelated issues which call for us to radically reimagine the ways we relate to the environment and each other.
The exhibition brings together works from eight artists who use visual strategies of narrative and fragmentation as a means of dealing with the mounting complexities that define our troubled times, all the while examining the ontology of the photographic image. Through a mix of image, film, text, archival material and advanced visualisation technologies, The Horizon is Moving Nearer explores topics including toxic masculinity, climate emergency, eco-fascism, conflict, nationalism, populism, cyber-security, mass incarceration, gendered violence, abuses of Indigenous rights, Trump, Brexit and other phenomena. The context is the Anthropocene, and histories unfold individually and collectively, at a hyper-local level as well as on the global stage.
Featuring Lisa Barnard, Poulomi Basu, Nancy Burson, Maxime Matthys, Gideon Mendel, Simon Roberts, Salvatore Vitale, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
Curated by Tim Clark
Curatorial Assistant Alex Merola
Island Life draws upon photographs from the Martin Parr Foundation collection to show the changing fabric of our cities, society and collective identities. Focusing on post-war from the UK and Ireland, the exhibition will bring together images by over 60 photographers including Khali Ackford, Pogus Caesar, Elaine Constantine, Sian Davey, Chris Killip, David Hurn, Ken Grant, Markéta Luskačová, Graham Smith, Simon Roberts and Tom Wood. Collectively the images form a compelling study of national behaviour.
The exhibition includes photographs which document moments of historical significance including the poll tax riot, the Aberfan mine disaster and most recently, the BLM movement. These will be displayed alongside images depicting the everyday – weddings, shopping, football and Butlin’s holidays. Island Life traces the evolution of documentary photography in Britain, the photographers who influenced Parr and the younger generation he is influencing in turn.
Included in the exhibition is my photograph: Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 2nd September 2008 from the series, We English.
Find out more here: https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/whats-on/bristol-photo-festival-island-life-martin-parr/
Image: Simon Roberts, Shrouded Statue #1 (Antonio Canova‘s Theseus and the Minotaur), Brighton 2021 © Helen Goodwin
Pause ။ is a temporary exhibition on billboards around the city of Brighton (UK) displaying works by Judith Alder, Helen Goodwin and Simon Roberts. Organised by Brighton Artists Network, Pause ။ aims to bring art into the public realm during a time when cultural venues remain closed to the public.
Each of the artist’s works reflect current events and circumstances in subtle and often poetic ways, exploring the abstract or intimate narratives behind many of the issues 2020 confronted us with. Together the works create unexpected, thought-provoking contributions to the urban spectacle, turning the street into a visual platform to encourage conversations around how we are experiencing our new reality living with the pandemic.
My work, Shrouded Statue #1 was photographed at the V&A Museum while it was closed to the public during the second Covid-19 lockdown, and is on display on Trafalgar Street. Helen and Judith’s work are located on:
New England Road: Helen Goodwin, Impermanent Edge, Edgelandia (2019)
Upper Hollingbury Road: Judith Alder, Cascade: Origins in Parallel (2020)
Exhibition dates: 8th of March – 8th April
Supported by Ground Up Media
About Brighton Artists Network:
Brighton Artists Network is Brighton’s first interdisciplinary, artist-led network. Our mission is to provide a space for Brighton based artists of all disciplines to connect, collaborate, and take the lead on matters that affect them and their communities. Established in May 2020, the network currently comprises 360+ members from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and levels of professional experience, from visual artists through to writers, dancers, sound artists and theatre makers.
The latest edition of Civilization: The Way We Live Now photography exhibition will one show at Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem) in Marseille, France from February 24 – June 28 2021. See website for updated opening hours and programming. I have several works included in the show.
‘Stonehenge’ (2020) is the 51st flyingleaps poster since the day of the UK/EU ref. back in 2016. The ‘Welcome to Little Britain’ photograph mimicking official Visit Britain government tourist posters chimes with the end of a chapter in our recent political history: ‘Visit the wonders of Stonehenge and experience a post-Brexit Britain, cut off from Europe and enamoured of its own insularity.’ So, what’s to be done? What’s the way forward?
The posters will be visible on the streets of London, Glasgow, Bristol, Manchester and Brighton between now and the end of January 2021.
Limited edition blue backed version of this street poster (numbered and signed on the reverse) is available to purchase via Flyingleaps here: https://www.flyingleaps.co.uk/product/stonehenge-2020/
The Brexshit Machine will be exhibited at The Container, Tokyo, Japan from 23 December – 7 March 2021 as part of the ‘Complex States: Art in the Years of Brexit’ international exhibition.
“With days before the official separation of the UK from the EU, there is no more timely occasion to present Simon Roberts’s Brexshit Machine in the confined space of The Container. Radiating monotonous “Brexit terms” in green LED letters, all bearing the prefix Brex-, as became ubiquitous in the UK since the decision to separate in 2016, to share the anxieties surrounding this moment of change. The work was initially created to mark 31 January 2020, the day that the UK’s membership of the European Union ended and the start of the “transition period”, and is reinstalled again, at The Container, symbolically at the end of this transition, still with many “brexieties”. The installation doesn’t only paint a portrait of a country during an identity crisis, but also of the discourse surrounding this moment of change.” Shai Ohayon, Curator, The Container gallery.
Download a press release here. And copies of the exhibition catalogue are available online here:
Complex States was created by Vassiliki Tzanakou (Director of ARTinTRA) and Catherine Harrington, and is a platform for critical engagements around Brexit by artists including Jeremy Deller, Jason Decaires-Taylor, Richard Littler, Stephane Graff, Michal Iwanowski, and Rita Duffy.
The exhibitions brings together a wide selection of media, from paintings and sculpture to videos and installations with the aim of shedding light on the ways artists have responded to Brexit, and the urgent topics of identity, migration, globalisation, social media, and ‘fake news’ that Brexit has provoked. Selected artworks will be exhibited individually at one of a variety of venues and locations, and all artworks in the show will be brought together on an online platform (www.complexstates.art) featuring cutting-edge augmented reality experiences made possible through our collaboration with the mixed reality specialist afca.
Image: The Celestials #009B_06_2020, 2020
I have two of my Celestials series included in the group show, Small is Beautiful XXXVIII at Flowers Gallery. Due to Covid restrictions, the exhibition is online and can be viewed until 10 January 2021 here: https://www.flowersgallery.com/exhibitions/505-small-is-beautiful-xxxviii/
Small is Beautiful was first established at Flowers Gallery in 1974, inviting selected contemporary artists working in any media to present works with a fixed economy of scale, each piece measuring no more than 7 x 9 inches, offering a rare opportunity to purchase smaller pieces by internationally recognised names and discover new talents.
Image: The Celestials #005A_06_2020, 2020
***Please check T.A.F website for opening hours due to Covid-19: https://www.facebook.com/tafTheArtFoundation/ *****
My Brexit Lexicon video work will be exhibited at The Art Foundation Athens (T.A.F) from 28 October to 31 December 2020, as part of the Complex States: Art in the Years of Brexit international exhibition.
Complex States arrives as a timely and urgent response to both the divisive events of “Brexit” and the “Covid-19” pandemic; and featuring over 30 artists, multiple venues worldwide and a cutting edge online AR platform. As an exhibition that traverses nations, as well as the physical and virtual, Complex States hopes to offer a platform for renewed trans-national dialogue, collaboration and cultural exchange.
Curated by Vassiliki Tzanakou (Director of ARTinTRA) and Catherine Harrington, “Complex States” platforms critical engagements with Brexit by artists including Jeremy Deller, Jason Decaires-Taylor, Richard Littler, Stephane Graff, Michal Iwanowski, and Rita Duffy. The exhibition brings together a wide selection of media, from paintings and sculpture to videos and installations with the aim of shedding light on the ways artists have responded to Brexit, and the urgent topics of identity, migration, globalisation, social media, and ‘fake news’ that Brexit has provoked. Selected artworks will be exhibited individually at one of a variety of venues and locations, and all artworks in the show will be brought together on an online platform (www.complexstates.art) featuring cutting-edge augmented reality experiences made possible through our collaboration with the mixed reality specialist afca.