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I Am a Camera!


 I Am a Camera! Museum National

I Am a Camera!

 
Description: Currently on at the Saatchi Gallery (18 January - 25 March), collecting contemporary works by artists including Duane ... more
I Am a Camera! ... Hanson, Nan Goldin, Tierney Gearon and Kristin Calabrese, loosely connected by the theme of photography.

Newest Review: ... They look a little amateurish, showing intimate surroundings of a domestic interior. Kristin has left lists and photos on her fridge, forgot ten to replaster her walls before she studied them and turned them into paintings for us. Just like Kristin, Richard Billingham has been untidy. He wants to show us a story ... more

 ... of his home life. Can THIS be his home life? Surely nobody lives like this? His obese mum reclines on a stained worn sofa like a blancmange, his dad lies next to the discoloured toilet having drunk himself unconscious again. The cat flies through t...more

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Premium Review I Am a Camera!: I AM NOT A CAMERA. I have feelings too y'know (1233 words)
by - written on 28/03/01 (Very useful, 549 readings)
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Don’t be intimidated by the old man sitting there. He’s not real. Just moulded out of rubber and painted and posed. His sorrowful face and wrinkled features don’t really reflect the rest of the place, except in being brutally honest. He sits on a bench clutching a paper bag. By the looks of him these are his just-dead wife’s last possessions. Cheer up old man! There’s a whole gallery of exciting things to look forward to. He sits opposite a photo, ignoring the vibrant youngsters playing in the garden, too caught up in his own world to see that people are looking at him and at the children opposite. Surely he must realise that this ...  Read the complete review

 

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