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Zygotes and Confessions is a publication devoted to the work of
London-based artist Nick Hornby, and has been produced to accompany
his first solo exhibition in a public gallery. The exhibition,
which shares its title with the publication, is presented at
MOSTYN, Wales, UK, from November 2020 to April 2021. Hornby is
known for his monumental site-specific works that combine digital
software with traditional materials such as bronze, steel, granite
and marble. In this publication he presents a substantial new body
of smaller, more intimate work comprising three discrete yet
interrelated series of works inspired by the history of sculptural
busts, modernist abstractions and mantelpiece ceramic dogs. United
by glossy photographic surfaces created by means of an industrial
process in which his marble and resin composite sculptures are
dipped into liquid photographs, these new works explore themes of
portraiture, the body, identity, sexuality and intimacy in the
digital era. A number of the works have been made in collaboration
with fashion photographer Louie Banks. Along with a foreword by
Helen Boyd, Head of Marketing and Publisher Relations at the
Casemate Group, the publication features a text by MOSTYN director
Alfredo Cramerotti and an essay by London-based publisher, editor
and writer Matt Price. Price writes: "With one eye on the sculpture
of the past and the other on that of tomorrow, technology is at the
heart of London-based Nick Hornby's practice and is central to the
production of his often imposing, mind-bending and
futuristic-looking sculptures. Using materials such as bronze and
marble, his work points back towards the Renaissance or the
nineteenth century, yet his use of resin and digital technology
positions him very much in the present, exploring languages both
figurative and abstract, often simultaneously." The texts are
presented in both English and Welsh. Newly commissioned studio
photography of the works by Ben Westoby, along with installation
views of the exhibition commissioned by MOSTYN from Mark Blower,
illustrate the publication, which has been designed by Joe Gilmore
/ Qubik. The publication is co-published by MOSTYN, Wales, UK, and
Anomie Publishing, London, and distributed internationally by
Casemate Art, a division of the Casemate Group. Nick Hornby
(b.1980) is a British artist living and working in London. Hornby
studied at the Slade School of Art and Chelsea College of Art. His
work has been exhibited at Tate Britain, Southbank Centre London,
Leighton House London, CASS Sculpture Foundation, Glyndebourne,
Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Museum of Arts and Design New York,
and Poznan Biennale, Poland. Residencies include Outset (Israel)
and Eyebeam (USA), and awards include the UAL Sculpture Prize. His
work has been reviewed in the New York Times, frieze, Artforum, The
Art Newspaper, The FT, and featured in Architectural Digest and
Sculpture Magazine.
The 'other' is a topic of great interest within and across
contemporary photographic practice and theory, yet it remains
neglected outside the now well-established field of postcolonial
studies. This volume brings together photography and written essays
that relate to aspects of otherness and visual work. Presented
together, the images and critical writings work in concert to
construct a new social perspective on questions of otherness and
alterity and to highlight photography as a form of critical
practice. In a departure from existing conceptions of otherness in
postcolonial discourse, Photography as Critical Practice places
emphasis on the human condition not as a liberal concept, but as
something formed and framed by a broader dimension of social,
sexual and cultural otherness. Including contributions by Elina
Ruka, Katrin Kivimaa, Parveen Adams and Liz Wells, the book
provides a fascinating new vista on the otherness of photography.
Eric Lesdema's photographic series Fortunes of War was awarded the
UN Nikon World Prize in 1997. Originally a series of fifteen
images, this extended edit includes 83 colour photos, accompanied
by a series of essays by leading academics in the field. The essays
explore ideas raised by the prescient nature of the work, offering
a highly original and engaging debate about its alternative
approach to documentary photography, which views photography as an
alternate space with the potential to project events rather than
record them. In exploring an approach that cuts against the
traditional concept central to documentary photography since its
inception, the book thus raises important questions about
twenty-first century interpretations and applications of
photography and media. With thought-provoking research and a
diverse array of essay contributions, Fortunes of War proposes new
lines of interdisciplinary investigation, reflection and inquiry.
Nikon Award info:
https://www.artimage.org.uk/artists/l/eric-lesdema/
Based on a 2012 symposium on Perfection, held at the Whitechapel
Gallery in East London, this book explores the ways in which
artists engage with ideas of perfection, drawing on screenings,
performances, and discussions. The symposium featured the work of
an eclectic group of artists and writers, who use photographic
lenses of many kinds to create works that engage with or disrupt
ideas of perfection. Framed from an artist's perspective and
spanning a diverse range of artworks that question how these ideas
shape our personal identities and our social and political systems,
"On Perfection" considers the multifaceted nature of lens-based
practices.
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