Serious performance art, portraiture, or just simply posing for the camera? What does is it mean to perform for the camera?
Photography has been used to capture performances since its invention – from the stars of the Victorian stage to the art happenings of the 1960s, and today’s trend for selfies.
With over 50 seminal photographers on display, the exhibition explores the relationship between photography and performance, engaging with serious, provocative and sensational topics, as well as humour, improvisation and irony.
This exciting new photography show opens this week in London and runs until 12 June, 2016.
Michael Hoppen Gallery artists who are represented in the exhibition are:
Masahisa Fukase - 'Bukubuku' (Bubbling) series
Minoru Hirata - 'Dropping' series
