Whether his subjects are portraits, desolate landscapes or inner city streets, d’Agata’s twilight world captures the intense and intimate nature of his chance encounters with people and places. Likening the compulsion to photograph to that of proving one’s own existence, d’Agata distances himself from straightforward documentary photography.
The Photographer’s Gallery, London
Margaret Kilgallen’s work reflects her encyclopedic knowledge of signs drawn from American folk tradition, printmaking, and letterpress. Kilgallen has a love of “things that show the evidence of the human hand.” Painting directly on the wall, Kilgallen creates room-size murals that recall a time when personal craft and handmade signs were the dominant aesthetic.
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Stephen Gill – Hackney Flowers
Stephen Gill participates in a group exhibition at Liberty, East Atrium, Great Marlborough Street, London W1B 5AH, February 2 through March 8, 2009
February 9 through March 3, 2009 at Salon 94, 12 East 94th Street, New York.
Tiberius by Chadwick Tyler at the Honey Space Gallery
in New York Feb. 10 through March 12, 2009.
The collection is a blurring of the lines between art and jewellery and the worlds of Mikael Zobel and ACNE . The collection consists of over 20 pieces and is a combination of raw and polished stones – 212 cts Rubelith, Kunzite, White and Violet Jade, Rutilated quartz, as well as black, pink, yellow and uncut diamonds. All stones are set in either gold, platinum, or silver which is used in juxtaposing contexts. Sometimes polished other times oxidised, decorated or plated – each piece being designed to complement the stones and function. The forms are clean and sculptural sometimes naturally feminine but always with a slight nod to ACNE’s tough edge. The collection comprises of pendants, brooches, cuffs and rings.
