Mat Collishaw Black Ideal

Mat collishaw s exhibition is part of contemporary assignments a project carried on in the last years at galleria borghese as part of the great shows series of programs dieci grandi mostre starts.

Mat collishaw black ideal. Mat collishaw can always find the intrinsically evil in photography. Black mirror galleria borghese rome october 8 january 11 2015. Mat collishaw the bass museum miami august 10 october 13. Mat collishaw is a key figure in the important generation of british artists who emerged from goldsmith s college in the late 1980s.

In the eighth day collishaw reproduces a photo of a real lynching found in an old book but he does it in a monumental mosaic. Bullet hole was originally exhibited in freeze the group show. The exhibition black mirror engages with italian masters caravaggio and scarsella collishaw describes the concept behind the show and how his ideas develop. He participated in freeze 1988 and since his first solo exhibition in 1990 has exhibited widely internationally.

Collishaw took these pictures in a similar style in old disused buildings around naples. Two german men wilhelm von gloden and guglielmo pluschow visited the south coast of italy to document young boys in the early 20th century. What can we see at your latest exhibition. Last meal on death row 2 900 00.

Collishaw took the original image from a pathology textbook that actually showed a wound caused by an ice pick. Lakeside arts djanogly gallery is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in nottingham of leading contemporary artist mat collishaw born 1966. His best known work is bullet hole 1988 which is a closeup photo of what appears to be a bullet hole wound in the scalp of a person s head mounted on 15 light boxes. His subjects are often shocking and horrific but it s always the medium which is most disturbing.

He participated in freeze 1988 and since his first solo exhibition in 1990 has exhibited widely internationally. British artist mat collishaw has an exhibition at rome s galleria borghese one of the most famous galleries in the world. Mat collishaw the new art gallery walsall september 25 january 10 2016. The bigger picture tanya bonakdar gallery june 12 august 1 2014.

Collishaw s work uses photography and video. Since graduating from goldsmith s college in the late 1980s the artist has established an international reputation. To escape pornographic censors they portrayed their subjects in neoclassical settings. Broken pillars leopard skin rugs etc.