DECOMPOSITION
Highlights
This exhibition was mounted in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of a new generation of British fine artists who began to use photography as a medium of expression during the late 1980s. Work by senior artists, such as Boyd Webb, Tim Head and Keith Arnatt was shown alongside artists from a slightly younger generation including Helen Sear, Ron O’Donnell, Lea Andrews, Mari Mahr, Hannah Collins and Helen Chadwick. As suggested by the exhibition title, themes of environmental destruction linked much of the work along with the exploration of issues concerned with the history of pictorial expression. From the confident use of computer programming to the large cibachromes of Boyd Webb to the exquisite silver gelatin printings on a colossal scale employed by Hannah Collins, these works demonstrated that technological innovations married to the fundamentals of picture-making created a wholly original format in which to formulate meaning.
A card featuring one work by each artist and an introductory text card by Andrea Rose.
Glossary
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Medium
Refers to either the material used to create a work of art, craft or design, i.e. oil, bronze, earthenware, silk; or the technique employed i.e. collage, etching, carving. In painting the medium refers to the binder for the pigment, e.g. oil, egg, acrylic dispersion. The plural form is media.
Past venues
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Bulgaria, Plovdiv, International Photography Meeting
- 03 June 1998 − 30 June 1998
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Bulgaria, Varna, Varna Art Museum
- 25 April 1998 − 15 May 1998
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Greece, Athens, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre
- 31 March 1998 − 15 April 1998
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Greece, Thessaloniki, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art
- 27 February 1998 − 27 March 1998
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Romania, Constanta, Museum Of Art
- 01 July 1997 − 31 July 1997
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Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- 01 June 1997 − 30 June 1997
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Hungary, Budapest, Ludwig Museum
- 27 March 1997 − 01 May 1997
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Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- 31 January 1997 − 08 March 1997
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Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery
- 03 November 1996 − 18 January 1997
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Italy, Bologna, San Giovanni In Monte
- 01 October 1996 − 20 October 1996
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Italy, Rome, Palazzo Delle Esposizioni
- 13 June 1996 − 08 July 1996
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Mexico, Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural Cabanas
- 01 June 1995 − 30 June 1995
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Mexico, Mexico City, Centro De La Imagen
- 08 February 1995 − 16 April 1995
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Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero
- 16 June 1994 − 06 August 1994
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Argentina, Buenos Aires, Cultural Centre Recoleta
- 17 November 1992 − 17 December 1992
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Wales, Llandudno, Oriel Mostyn & Chapter (Simultaneously)
- 11 May 1991 − 08 June 1991
