Zineb Sedira: Saphir
29 September-26 November 2006
8 Great Newport Street
The latest video work by the London- based French/ Algerian
artist, shot on and around the area of the waterfront in the Port
of Algiers The piece draws on a series of visits by Sedira to the
country of her parents birth. Confronting the contemporary life of
the city with an older and more ambivalent legacy, Saphir presents
a portrait of Algiers in a transitional moment, the local
character gradually becoming absorbed into the current of
increasing globalisation.
This will be her first major solo exhibition in London.
Cinémathèque de Tanger: Explorations in Film and Video
29 September-26 November 2006
5 Great Newport Street
Cinémathèque de Tanger is located in the heart of Tangier
Morocco. This exhibition transforms The Photographers' Gallery
into a trans-Arab video library showcasing video and film work
produced, and unearthed, throughout the diverse and complex
cultural, political, social space of the Arab world. A world that
now spans from Beirut to Paris to Los Angeles and back again.
This exhibition will transform the space at The Photographers'
Gallery into a free Cinémathèque de Tanger vidéothèque
exhibiting work from over 30 artists.
InFocus: TreeHouse Camera Obscura
29 September - 26 November
5 Great Newport Street
The TreeHouse Camera Obscura is a unique art object and a place
for the children to play and explore. Teachers from the schools
will use it to explain the principles of light, photography and
image making.
Print Sales:
Featured Photographer: Chrystel Lebas: Blue Hour
28 September - 25 November
The bluebells form a vast purple carpet extended to infinity in a
forest just emerging from winter. The photographs are part of a
larger series taken in France, Germany, Spain and Japan between
2003 and 2006.
Gallery details:
The Photographers' Gallery
5 & 8 Great Newport Street
London WC2H 7HY
ADMISSION FREE
Opening hours
Galleries and Bookshop
Monday - Saturday 11.00 - 18.00
Sun 12.00 - 18.00
Late night Thursdays open until 20.00
Café
Monday - Saturday 11.00 - 17.30
Sunday 11.00 - 17.30
Thurs. 11.00 - 19.30
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