James Mollison's international gallery debut will take place at Hasted Hunt Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10011, (212) 627-0006, from June 12th to August 16th, 2008. There will a reception for the artist on Thursday, June 12th from 6 to 8 PM.
"'The Disciples' are panoramic format portraits of music fans photographed as they leave performances. The groups are distinctive because they have dressed in the style of the singers or bands they have just been watching. These are 'fans' all seemingly caught at the same moment in front of a seamless background as they leave concerts ranging from Marilyn Manson to Dolly Parton. The images bear a keen relationship to Richard Avedon’s classic group portraits of the Chicago Seven and the Joint Chiefs.
"Mollison lives in Venice. He was born in Kenya in 1973 and grew up in England. After studying Art and Design at Oxford Brookes University, and later film and photography at Newport School of Art and Design, he moved to Italy to work at Benetton’s creative lab, Fabrica. His work has been widely published throughout the world."
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Mike
I'm trying to guess which concert these guys are coming out of -- Rod Stewart? The concept is brilliant -- no images from the series online?
Posted by: Joe | Thursday, 17 April 2008 at 05:30 AM
Man, that is a lot of Rod!
Posted by: charlie d | Thursday, 17 April 2008 at 08:48 AM
Not to comment directly on this post -- I find these images uninteresting -- but last week I went to Scorsese's "Shine a Light" concert film about the Rolling Stones. I spent a lot of time, while listening to the music, just taking in the photography, including some problems (like the fact that the cameras couldn't handle the DR between the dark crowd background and Christina Aguilera's brilliant white dress, which left her at some points as a totally blown-out silhouette. But man, she's got some pipes! I didn't appreciate that before. I wouldn't characterize the photography as brilliant, but rather, "interesting." The whole film seems like a step-down from "The Last Waltz," except that the music is better IMHO. Seeing it in IMAX also makes a difference. If you get up high enough, and centered enough, it's like you're on-stage.
JC
Posted by: John Camp | Thursday, 17 April 2008 at 12:35 PM
win some, lose some, some get rained out....
Posted by: Greg Smith | Thursday, 17 April 2008 at 08:47 PM
JC -
"I wouldn't characterize the photography as brilliant, but rather, "interesting.""
But who to blame? (17) cameras and about every DP they could get their hands on to do the filming. And my daughter sitting in a trailer for two weeks trying to keep up with loading for them all :( At least she got to meet the Clintons :)
Posted by: Al Benas | Thursday, 17 April 2008 at 09:44 PM