Past
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Group Show
C O L O U R 25 Nov 2009 - 9 Jan 2010 How do you describe colour? Even the dictionary definition of it is poetic: That aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer or of the light. Read more -
It's a crime to take photographs this good
Early photographs by Weegee 25 Nov 2009 - 9 Jan 2010 An exhibition of his finest works. Crime photography, street, New York, cadaver. Read more -
Ellen von Unwerth
Fräulein 14 Oct - 21 Nov 2009 Ellen von Unwerth worked as a fashion model for ten years before moving behind the camera. Quoted as saying '(Women) are not just there to be admired, they are there to be enjoyed,' her erotically charged images of models, film and music stars are as well know asthe subjects of... Read more -
Group Show
Starting with a Photograph 10 Sep - 17 Oct 2009 Michael Hoppen Contemporary is delighted to collaborate with Saatchi Online for an exhibition of work by six artists, hand-picked from the Saatchi Gallery website. Entitled Starting with a Photograph, the key criterion is that the work must begin with a photographic image -found or made. Beyond that, each piece is... Read more -
A Gallerist's Choice
19 Jun - 13 Oct 2009 The Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to announce our summer show - 'A Gallerist's Choice'. Delving into our substantial holdings of rare photographs at the gallery, we have selected a stunning array of beautiful and rarely seen images to savour and enjoy. This is a rare opportunity to buy these... Read more -
Ofer Wolberger
(Life with) Maggie 4 Jun - 25 Jul 2009 Maggie is a fictional character who seems transported from another time and place, one presumably set in the past. Maggie has a life of her own as well as a unique style and personality. She travels around the contemporary world, but is attracted to sites with a slippery sense of... Read more -
Boris Savelev
31 Years 21 Apr - 26 Jun 2009 The Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to announce ’31 Years’; an exhibition of work by Boris Savelev, one of Russia’s most important and renowned photographers. It will be the first time his work will be shown in the UK. ‘31 Years’ is a series of photographs created by Savelev from... Read more -
Ishiuchi Miyako
1906 to the Skin/Yokosuka Story 11 Mar - 20 Apr 2009 The first European retrospective of work by Ishiuchi Miyako, Japan’s foremost female photographer. Read more -
Sergei Vasiliev
Russian Criminal Tattoos 18 Feb - 7 Mar 2009 Bodies as Text Sergei Vasiliev Between 1948 to 2005, 3,000 drawings were compiled by prison warden and ethnographer Danzing Baldaev of the tattoos of the inmates. Supported by the KGB, who recognised the usefulness of such a document, these drawings were supplemented by photographs by Sergei Vasiliev, a fellow warden.... Read more -
Group Show
Secret City 25 Nov 2008 - 20 Jan 2009 Jason Langer and Robert Doisneau Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition exploring two very different perspectives on a city theme this December. Images from Secret City, Langer’s ten year retrospective of urban portraits and nudes will be shown alongside rare vintage prints documenting Doisneau’s sixty year love... Read more
