The exhibition ‘Human Nature: 15 years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse’ opens at NRW-Forum on 30 January until 19 April 2015 and includes prints from my Motherland series.
“Human Nature” shows artistic positions that deal with the relationship between man and nature. These are presented photographically in a diversity of landscapes. The presentation of nature far away from civilization and the man-made changes in landscape are discussed, as well as the adaptation of man to his self-created environment.
with works by
Paul Almasy
Sonja Braas
Mike Brodie
Joachim Brohm
Balthasar Burkhard
Gerd Danigel
Bruce Davidson
John Davies
Geert Goiris
Evelyn Hofer
Axel Hütte
Martin Liebscher
Vivian Maier
Richard Mosse
Jürgen Nefzger
Simon Norfolk
Regine Petersen
Simon Roberts
Sebastiao Salgado
Pentti Sammallahti
Jörg Sasse
Alfred Seiland
Gunnar Smoliansky
Joel Sternfeld
Image: ‘Walkabout For Our Musketeers, Lausanne, 2014’ pigment print, 50 x 60 cm
Galerie Heinzer Reszler will be exhibiting prints from my series, The Last Moment.
Prints from the series will also be available to view in their booth at Art Geneve from 29/01 – 01/02/2015. Details here: http://artgeneve.ch/en
I’m being castaway for Desert Island Pics with Stephen Bull at the London Art Fair.
Please join us on Saturday 24 January, 11am-12pm.
‘Desert Island Pics’ is an ongoing series of Photoworks talks loosely based on the format of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. At this talk, Simon will reveal his choice of eight photographs and discuss how they reflect his life and career with regular Desert Island Pics host Stephen Bull. Previous Desert Island Pics castaways include Martin Parr, Alison Jackson and Jeremy Deller.
Entry is free to LAF15 ticket holders, but booking for this event is essential.
Special discount London Art Fair ticket offer: Save 30% on the advance purchase price by using the discount code LAF837 before 31 December 2014.
Find out more and book tickets here.
You can listen to previous Desert Island Pics talks on Photoworks website here.
I will also be exhibiting work at the LAF15 with Flowers Gallery on stand 3. Details here.
A selection of prints from We English are included in this new group show at Klompching Gallery, New York.
Also included are works by John Blakemore, Tessa Bunney, Odette England, Doug Keyes, Brad Moore, Lisa M. Robinson and Helen Sear.
I will be participating in the 40th Anniversary edition of the annual Small is Beautiful exhibition, which will take place at Flowers Gallery, New York for the first time this year. The show challenges contemporary artists working in all media to produce works with a fixed economy of scale, each piece measuring no larger than 9 x 7 inches. On display will be over 140 works by an international roster of gallery artists and invited guests.
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 – JANUARY 10, 2015
OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 6-8PM
As part of my Pierdom national exhibition, I’ll be giving an artist talk at Towner Gallery in Eastbourne on 28th October.
Book at the desk, by phone or online.
01323 434670
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Prints from my Motherland series are included in the exhibition ‘Human Nature: 15 years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse’ (see installation shot above).
This year Deutsche Börse will have been collecting contemporary photography for fifteen years. For this reason we will show a big anniversary exhibition in our premises from 1 October. The exhibition “Human Nature. 15 years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse ” will present around 125 works by 24 artists of the collection.
The show will tour to the NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf end of January and thus be shown in a great public exhibition space as part of the Düsseldorf Photo Weekend and until April.
For more information about the collection, visit: https://www.facebook.com/ArtCollectionDeutscheBoerse
In addition to the permanent exhibition of the Art Collection Deutsche Börse, special events on the subject of photography are hosted regularly at the company’s headquarters, The Cube, in Eschborn, Germany.
Photo: Simon Roberts’ Studio, APEC
Join Simon Roberts, Susan Diab, Chris Stevens and Michael O’Connell for a tour of APEC (Art Producing Economic Community) an artist-run studio complex. Over coffee and croissants, artists will discuss their relationship with photography, how they use their studio space for creation and collaboration, and explain how APEC operates as a wider collective.
You can book tickets here: http://bpb.org.uk/2014/event/apec-artist-studio-tour/
APEC (Art Producing Economic Community) is an artist-run studio complex, operating on a not for profit basis, currently providing space for 18 non-commercial artists. The studios were set up in 2003 to provide secure, affordable workspace specifically for fine artists – those whose practices are the most financially vulnerable – in an area of the country where suitable premises are scarce and becoming increasingly expensive. Conversion of the unit (2852 sq ft) to artists’ studios was made possible by support from Arts Council England, a loan from Cooperative finance and the generosity of the founder members in giving freely of their unpaid time and labour. Since our founding we have continued to run as a cooperative venture, have become entirely self-financing and all of the studios have remained constantly occupied. APEC maintains a diverse, dynamic identity, with a shared belief in seriousness of intent and delight in artistic diversity. By maintaining a mix of established professionals with recent graduates and the less experienced, all of us benefit, the more established artists offering their support and experience, while the input of newer members ensures a freshness and generosity of spirit that keeps us open to new ideas.
Photo: © Gabrielle Farah from the series ‘Bringing Home The War’
A Sense of Place is an exhibition that brings together the work of two photographers, Gabrielle Farah & Allan Grainger, who use historical and contemporary means to give voice to some issues facing photography today. Both photographers use allegory and metaphor to subvert the idea of the ‘Decisive Moment’.
Simon Roberts will be conducting an In-Conversation with Gabrielle & Allan on Saturday 4 October at 2.30pm
More details here: http://www.mediacentre.org/events/
Photo: Installation of ‘Eastbourne Pier, East Sussex, 2011’, Towner Gallery, September 2014
My Eastbourne Pier print, recently acquired by Towner Gallery, is part of their new group exhibition Land and Sea.
Land and Sea: A selection of new acquisitions and existing works from the permanent collection. The display will tie in with Twixt Two Worlds and will focus on works that use film and photography in their depiction of sea and landscapes.
This display will include the first showing of our new acquisition by Swiss artist Uriel Orlow, his installation work The Short and the Long of It (2010). We will also be showing our newest acquisition of five works by British artist Matthew Miller and Eastbourne Pier (2011) by Simon Roberts.