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1st June 2010 |
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We are delighted to bring you our June Critic's Choice by Jon Levy, founder of 8 Magazine, Foto8.com and the Host Gallery. Jon has chosen an image from "Farewell in Labrador" by Kurt Tong and writes, "... I would like to choose Kurt Tong's "Christmas Tree" for the simple reason that like much of Kurt's work it makes me feel simultaneously uplifted and yet forlorn. Kurt has in my opinion a real complexity to his photography but disguises it in simplicity. The christmas tree in this image is not shouting out at me to notice it, the fairy lights on the roof and the chimney are making most of the noise. But Kurt is not ignoring the tree, or making fun of its bareness, to me at least he's noticing its indomitable spirit and acknowledging its special position in prime view of the window, kept company by a small bed of purple flowers at its base. It's a Kurt Tong image all over, harking to better times when the lights were on and the branches full and green but even now Kurt makes me feel joy in this genuine admiration for a tree." You can read all our past contributors to Critics Choice here. |
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Kurt TongChristmas Tree Kurt spent nearly three months exploring the long coastline of Labrador to produce a visual story that with a poetic sensibility conjures images of isolation and loneliness. This series of emotive landscapes, portraits and still lives evoke memories of a bygone era. The "Christmas Tree" was selected for the Royal Photographic Society's International Print Exhibition in May 2009. |
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Kurt TongRoad to Red Bay In 2009 Kurt was chosen by Fotofest in Texas as one of the International Discoveries of the Year and won the Editorial Category in the Photography Now Blurb book awards for his semi autobiographical project "People's Park". His series "In Case it Rains in Heaven" has featured in both the Independent on Sunday Review and the Guardian Weekend Magazine and he was selected a second year in a row for the Foto8 Summer Show. |
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Kurt TongBattle Harbour This year Kurt had his first UK solo show at The Lighthouse Gallery in Wolverhampton, which featured his series "Farewell in Labrador" and "People's Park". In July Kurt is showing images from his current project "The Queen, The Chairman and I" at Chronique Hong Kongaises in Arles, France. Opening on the 29th July his solo exhibition at Photofusion will show "Memories, Dreams; Interrupted" and "In Case it Rains in Heaven" "In Case it Rains in Heaven" will also be shown at the Kemistry Gallery in Shoreditch in August and Bieler Fotofest in September. |
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We Recommend: Fresh Faced and Wild EyedThis year's selection of young graduates in The Photographers' Gallery's annual Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed was perhaps a little disappointing in its inclusion of so much documentary work. With the exception of Briony Campbell's touching photo diary of the death of her father little else offered much to further our understanding or appreciation of the medium. Graduates who stood out for using photography in a more inventive and exploratory way include Anna Linderstram, Laura Palmer, Ozant Kamaci and Dong Yoon Kim. The exhibition closes this weekend on the 6th June so if you can't make it to the show, you can view all the work online. |
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Artist NewsThe Magenta Foundation Awards have just been announced and four of our artists have been acknowledged with three winners and one honourable mention. Amongst the winners are Jan Dunning and her series as featured on Troika Editions "Precarious Rooms", Kurt Tong for his new series "In Case it Rains in Heaven" and Nina Mangalanayagam with her work "The Folds". Victoria Jenkins received an Honourable Mention. This month's issue of The Photographer Magazine, features Lynne Collins and her series "The Trespasser". Lynne is interviewed by editor Jonathan Briggs who says "Not your average artist and not your average photographer - Lynne Collins has brought together classical still life, woodland scenes and urban decay in a series of works that stand alone in their beauty." Now in its final week "Terminus Riga" by Iveta Vaivode is on show at the Foto Kvartal Museum in Riga until the 6th June. Opening on the 16th June in Rome the exhibition "Sensational Architecture" will feature "360 Degrees" by Isidro Ramirez alongside work by Spencer Tunick, Mark Lewis and Andrea Garuti. "360 degrees" was chosen by Vicky Richardson for the Troika Editions February Critic's Choice. Marilia Destot has new work on show in "Fragmented Body" at the Gallery of the French Institute Alliance Francaise, opening on June 10th at 22 East 60th Street, New York. |
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Book NewsJan von Holleben will be taking part in "Self Publish, Be Happy" at The Photographer's Gallery on the 5th and 6th June, where he will be discussing his book "Snowbed". Jan will also be launching the new photodebut book, a collection of work from his London based collective at Host from the 7th - 10th June. Signed copies of "China Between" by Polly Braden are now available on Troika Editions. Click on the book to see inside and you will find some of the exciting images Polly has taken to bring us another side of China. Away from the regimented workers and large scale construction sites Polly has captured something of the real people and their lives. Chosen by an international jury from over 500 entries, Christine Erhard has been selected to take part in FotoSommer Stuttgart 2010 Award Show which opens on the 30th July 2010. Christine will be showing work from her new book "Fotografien", now available from Troika Editions. |
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Troika Talk: Picture of the DayThis week we are highlighting the Magenta Awards and alongside our own Troika Editions winners we will bring you the best of the rest starting with Melinda Gibson's collages “The Photograph as Contemporary Art”. |
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CollectionsWe are delighted to announce that 1000 Words Magazine will be joining Collections with work from JH Engstrom, Sarah Small, Bruno Quinquet, Virgilio Ferreira, Trinidad Carrillo and Simon Roberts. 1000 Words Magazine is an online publication, run by writer and photography critic Tim Clark. Dedicated to highlighting contemporary fine art photography and encouraging critical writing, the magazine is published quarterly and is must see for anyone interested in art photography. Collections is a new initiative that will provide some of the key photography organisations in the UK an opportunity to showcase their own photography collections online. Motivated by the cuts in the UK government’s support of the arts Troika Editions has started Collections to give key photography organisations the chance to pursue an alternative funding avenue through the sale of limited edition photographic prints. Announced last month we will be working with FORMAT International Photography Festival and their Exposure Open. Twelve selected photographers will be given the opportunity to show case their work on Troika Editions and become part of the FORMAT Collection, with funds raised through the sale of these prints going to the artist and in support of FORMAT. Troika Editions will also be sponsoring the new FORMAT Collection Award with £250 worth of production costs and a group exhibition for three winning artists to be held during London’s Photomonth 2010 at the Troika Editions gallery in London. More partners will be announced in the coming weeks. |
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