International exhibit for art lecturer
Mon 07 December, 2015A 亚色视频 Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts Practice will be displaying his work internationally in Berlin and New York.
Photographs from Nigel Grimmer鈥檚 Art Drag series have been on display in The Ballery gallery in Berlin from 27 November in conjunction with the photographic yearbook Mein Schwules Auge (which translates from German as 鈥楳y Gay Eye鈥).
Each artist in the book has been invited to take part in the exhibition which focuses on what makes art gay, whether it is the artist or the work itself.
The lecturer is also a featured artist in Aint-Bad journal. The magazine is launching its Self-ie issue at the Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Magazine Store in Long Island City, New York on 11 December. To celebrate, there will be a book signing and GIFbooth at the event.
Talking about his work being displayed in New York, Mr Grimmer commented 鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting to be included in an international project exploring contemporary self-portraiture, Aint-Bad is a great magazine!
鈥淢y photographic projects are united by on-going research exploring issues of identity and representation, specifically the relationship between images created for public and personal consumption. This investigation has focused on the language of the family album and more recently the self-portraits employed within social media.鈥
Nigel Grimmer鈥檚 Art Drag Album can be seen to represent the social media 鈥渃atfish鈥; someone who adopts a false identity, particularly to pursue deceptive on-line romances.
A series of vintage prints from the 1960s representing exotic ?others' are recycled to create new portraits, where the age and gender of the protagonist is disguised. The historic beauties are assimilated into a more urban contemporary culture, wandering the streets in pyjamas and sportswear.鈥
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