PAST EXHIBITIONS

OLAF BISSCHOFF – 29 MAY 2008
ZANDER BLOM - 20 SEPTEMBER 2007
LIAM LYNCH - 28 JUNE 2007
SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS - 31 JANUARY 2008





































OLAF BISSCHOFF
"TERRA INCOGNITA"

Opens 29 May 2008 : 7pm

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Working mainly in oils and often incorporating projection and as-found objects, Olaf's contemporary approach to a classic medium will take the form of a major solo exhibition at the Rooke Gallery in May 2008.

Terra incognita ("unknown land") is the Latin term used in early cartography for regions that had not been mapped or documented. Legend claims that cartographers labelled such regions with "Here be Dragons" and depicted such as decoration on their maps (as evidenced on the one known surviving map, the Lenox Globe, in the collection of the New York Public Library). During the 19th century terra incognita disappeared from maps, since both the coastlines and the inner parts of the continents had been fully explored.

By painting and exploring these scenes/spaces the artist is subjectively busy with personal map-making. The illusion of an invented landscape can however lead to delusion. An It can evoke a certain feeling (melancholy, longing, recognition) or memory of a scientifically mapped and known place/space. This is the fine artist as con-artist.

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ZANDER BLOM
THE DRAIN OF PROGRESS
EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH
20 SEPTEMBER TO 8 DECEMBER

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The exhibition comprises a set of one off photographs, drawings, paintings and prints and includes the launch of Zander's first book/Catalogue Raisonné (The Drain of Progress) that provides a unique view of a stage set upon which Zander's ongoing modernist experiment occurs.

With the highest degree of sincerity Zander Blom questions the personal relevance and motives of the modernist visual artists before him.

How did it feel to be the true "avant-garde"? Moreover, of what personal relevance is Modernism when viewed as a series of cultural movements that stretch back as far as the 1890's? His investigation of modernism is much like a child being presented with a watch, and in order to understand it - he immediately takes it apart. The exhibition includes the launch of Zander's first book/Catalogue Raisonné (The Drain of Progress) that provides a unique view of a stage set upon which Zander's ongoing modernist experiment occurs.

The exhibition will comprise a set of one off photographs, drawings, paintings and prints. The exhibition will be open to the public on specific days. Please click here to see the gallery viewing schedule.

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LIAM LYNCH

"OPEN TO MISINTERPRETATION"

A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION FEATURING FOKOFPOLISIEKAR.

28 JUNE TO 31 JULY 2007

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Posters on bedroom walls feature images that serve as veritable snapshots of popular youth culture. Larger-than-life images feature individuals admired and aspired to by an impressionable audience. Often held in place with no more than tacky adhesive, these influential images form an enduring part of one's appreciation for visual art from an early age.

Music photography lies at the very heart of this phenomenon as it captures, in a tangible format, the single most powerful force that shapes youth culture. Music.

"Open to Misinterpretation" is an exhibition that focuses on this force.

Who sets out to shape youth culture? Liam Lynch's deeply personal images of Fokofpolisiekar raise the question of who the most influential players really are. The band? The moral majority? Or the fans themselves?

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SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
"6X6"
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH
31 JANUARY TO 20 MARCH 2008

The Society of Photographers comprises a collection contemporary photographers based across the globe. The Society operates on a unique system of anonymity and invitation-only membership to ensure that only the best work is revealed to the general public.

Each year the Society publishes a book and hosts physical exhibitions comprising the best of the work produced by a select set of its members. The 2007/8 project was titled "6x6" and featured Erika Larsen, Ian Wolstenholme, Paula McCartney, Dave Jordano, Sasha Rudensky and Shawn Records.

Guest Judges for 6x6 included :

ROGER BALLEN
SHEYI ANTONY BANKALE (Next Level UK)
DANA FACONTI (BlindSpot Mag NY)
MICHAEL FOLEY (Foley Gallery NY)
JASON FULFORD
CLARE GRAFIK (Photographers Gallery London)
MATTHIAS HARDER (Helmut Newton Foundation Germany).
DARIUS HIMES (Radius Books)
KRISTEN LUBBEN (UCP NY)
STEPHEN SHORE

To see the work please visit www.societyofphotographers.com