In Camera: Snowdon and the World of British Art
© Snowdon/ Camera Press
29 September – 27 January 2008
Pallant House Gallery
9 North Pallant , Chichester, West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
Tel: 01243 77 4557
http://www.pallant.org.uk
Opening Times
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
Thursday: 10am-8pm
Sunday/Bank Holidays: 12.30-5pm
CLOSED MONDAYS
An exhibition of iconic photographs by Snowdon, capturing some of the most important figures in recent art history, including Frank Auerbach, Peter Blake, Lucien Freud, Eduardo Paolozzi and David Hockney. Plus many contemporary artists, such as Damien Hirst, Mark Wallinger, the Chapman Brothers, Chris Ofili and Rachel Whiteread.
In 1965 the seminal book Private View was published, confirming a dramatic shift on the map of international contemporary art. The book documented the contemporary British art scene at that decisive moment and argued convincingly that London now equaled New York and Paris as an artistic capital.
Snowdon had begun recording art-world figures for the newly launched Sunday Times Magazine. Within three years he had captured some of the most important names in British art, often in the privacy of their own studios or homes. The results of these private, or ‘in camera’, sessions have become truly iconic images of some of the most famous names in British art. More than forty years after Private View was published, In Camera revisits a selection of these extraordinary and highly personal images for the first time. In addition, a number of rare unpublished photographs have been included.
Alongside these original and alternative shots, In Camera extends Snowdon’s Private View project, showing photographs taken on repeat visits to some of the artists who featured in the original publication, recording them as they grew older and the developments in their work. As a new generation of British artists have come to the fore Snowdon has continued to document these figures of fascination, producing some of the most incisive portraits of contemporary British artists.
In Camera: Snowdon and the World of British Art, curated by Robin Muir for the 2007 Gulbenkian Prize winning Pallant House Gallery.
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