Photograph: Pierdom print exhibited at Flowers Gallery, September 2013
To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the construction of Ryde Pier (the first British pleasure pier), I will be exhibiting a series of framed photographic prints between July – September 2014 in venues around the coastline of Britain, creating a simultaneous national exhibition. Each institution will be exhibiting prints from the series, including their local pier.
Venues confirmed so far are:
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Burgh Hall, Dunoon
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar
Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
Southampton City Art Gallery
Teign Heritage Centre, Teignmouth
The Conservatoire Blackheath, London
The Photographers Gallery, London
Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
Turner Contemporary, Margate
Dates for each venue will be released shortly.
The aim of this extended tour is to generate a national conversation to highlight the historical significance of these architectural structures, enforcing the idea of Britain’s pleasure piers as cultural landmarks, tracing history and national identity. There will be an active participatory project running alongside the exhibitions where individuals will be encouraged to share their ‘pier stories’ and photographs.
For more information, please download a pdf here.
The tour is being organised in collaboration with Flowers Gallery and supported by Arts Council England.
This survey exhibition at the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow presents the work of British photographer Simon Roberts (b. 1974, UK) since 2005. After completing a substantial project in Russia, entitled Motherland, Roberts brought his attention closer to home.
With renewed interest in the relationship of individuals and groups to the landscape, Roberts focused on social practices, customs, cultural landmarks, economic and political scenarios that define his ‘small island’ as uniquely British. With echoes of ‘history painting’, these photographs point to contemporary issues specific to Britain, but equally engage with universal ideas of the human relationship to landscape, of identity and belonging.
Landscape Studies of a Small Island is presented as part of the UK Russia Year of Culture in 2014.
The exhibition is curated by Karen McQuaid from The Photographers’ Gallery, London.
More information here: http://www.mamm-mdf.ru/en/exhibitions/landscape-studies-of-a-small-island/
More installation shots from the show can be viewed here.
An essay written by Martin Caiger-Smith for the exhibition catalogue can be downloaded here.
I will be giving a talk as part of my Landscapes Studies of a Small Island exhibition at MAMM, Moscow. Please contact the Museum for more details – http://www.mamm-mdf.ru/en/.
Tuesday 15 April 2014, from 19.00
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We are pleased to announce that renowned British photographer and Photofusion Patron Simon Roberts will be giving an artist talk to Photofusion Members.
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the talk here.
I’m running a 3-day photography workshop in Venice, Italy from 4-6 July 2014 in collaboration with Landscape Stories. To find out more, please download the pdf here.
Full details of Art14 fair can be found on their website here.
In partnership with Crane Kalman Brighton is on show at the Brighton Dome:
Polar Nights
Polyarnye Nochi (or Polar Nights) is part of acclaimed British photographer Simon Roberts’ first major project, Motherland, an exploration of contemporary Russian society. This series focuses on winter in northern Russia, finding a region shrouded in darkness nearly 24 hours a day, a phenomenon known as Polyarnye Nochi (Polar Nights).
You can see images from the series here.
Opening times:
Wed 8 Jan – Closed
Thu 9 Jan – Closed
Fri 10 Jan -10am – 4pm
Sat 11 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Sun 12 Jan – 10am – 12pm
Mon 13 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Tue 14 Jan – 10am – 3pm
Wed 15 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Thu 16 Jan – Closed
Fri 17 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Sat 18 Jan – 1pm – 5pm
Sun 19 Jan – 10am -5pm
Mon 20 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Tue 21 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Wed 22 Jan – 12pm – 5pm
Thu 23 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Fri 24 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Sat 25 Jan – 1pm – 5pm
Sun 26 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Mon 27 Jan – Closed
Tue 28 Jan – Closed
Wed 29 Jan – Closed
Thu 30 Jan – 10am – 5pm
Friday 31 10am – 5pm
February
Sat 1 Feb – 1pm – 5pm
Sun 2 Feb- Closed
Mon 3 Feb – 10am – 5pm
Tue 4 Feb – 10am – 5pm
Wed 5 Feb – Closed
Thu 6 Feb – 10am – 5pm
Fri 7 Feb – 10am – 5pm
Sat 8 Feb – 1pm – 5pm
Sun 9 Feb – 10am – 12pm
Mon 10 Feb – 10am – 5pm
Flowers Gallery will be exhibiting some work from Pierdom at the London Art Fair.
The 26th edition takes place at the Business Design Centre, Islington, from 15 – 19 January 2014.
Visit stand number 35.
Opening Times
Tues 14 January*
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Preview
Evening: 6pm – 9pm
Wed 15 January
11am – 9pm
Thurs 16 January
11am – 9pm
Friday 17 January
11am – 7pm
Sat 18 January
10am – 7pm
Sun 19 January
10am – 5pm
Image: Rivers of Flowers, 2013 from the series Italian Views © Simon Roberts
Flowers are delighted to announce that the annual Small is Beautiful exhibition, which has run for more than thirty years, will take place at their larger Kingsland Road gallery this year. Consequently it is the gallery’s most extensive yet, with over 170 artists submitting works.