Mat Collishaw Birmingham

Illusion and desire are central themes in mat collishaw s work through which he questions and breaks down traditional perception of familiar images.

Mat collishaw birmingham. Collishaw discovered these uncatalogued images made to provide evidence in alleged and actual crimes committed in the city hidden amongst an archive of orphaned police negatives whilst exploring the library s internationally renowned. Visitors travel back in time to 1839 when british scientist william henry fox talbot first presented his photographic prints to the public at king edward s school in birmingham. Mat collishaw the new art gallery walsall west midlands uk 2015 16 in camera birmingham library birmingham uk 2015 16. 1966 is a key figure in the important generation of british artists who emerged from goldsmiths college in the late 1980s.

He is one of the founders and leaders of the young british artists movement. This will be his first major exhibition in the city of his birth. Thresholds is an ongoing touring exhibition that restages the world s first major exhibition of photography. Working with a team of specialists including photo historian pete james nottingham university s mixed reality lab and the vmi studios at the whitehall company collishaw created a virtual reality experience which aims to transport the audience to one of the earliest photographic exhibitions originally staged in 1839 in which william henry fox talbot first presented his photographic prints to the public at king edward s school in birmingham.

Mat collishaw graduated in 1989 at goldsmiths college in london. A key figure in. In 2014 mat collishaw was commissioned by grain to make work in response to the library of birmingham photography collection. Visitors can walk.

Since graduating from goldsmith s college in the late 1980s the artist has established an international reputation. In camera is an installation created around a series of 12 crime scene negatives made for birmingham city police force during the 1930s and 1940s. Mat collishaw is a key figure in the history of british contemporary art. The experience is a fully immersive portal to the past.

Black mirror galleria borghese rome italy 2014. The library of birmingham and grain are proud to present the exhibition of new work supported by arts council england. Matthew mat collishaw honfrps born 1966 is an english artist based in london.