Nadav Kander Exhibition - Includes Photography Exhibited for the First Time
NEWLY CURATED NADAV KANDER EXHIBITION
INCLUDES PHOTGRAPHY EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME
FROM TAKE THAT TO ERIC CANTONA
Nadav Kander exhibition
Nadav Kander: Selected Portraits, 1999 – 2011
The Lowry, Salford Quays
Sat 16 April – Sun 4 September 2011
The Lowry has curated a new exhibition from award winning, internationally renowned photographer Nadav Kander, featuring work that has never been exhibited before, including striking images of Eric Cantona and Cheryl Cole. Other works exhibited for the first time include photographs that were part of a sensational shoot with Tinie Tempah for The Observer magazine this February, and head shots of Take That for their latest album, Progress.
London based Kander is celebrated for his portraiture and landscape works, many of which exist within National collections such as the National Portrait Gallery and The V&A Museum.
His images are readily seen within high-end editorial press as well as in contemporary art galleries and museums across the world, capturing subjects as diverse as Barack Obama's administration, and life alongside the epic Yangtze River in China.
Also featured are internationally acclaimed actors such as Sir Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee, as well as David Lynch and Spike Jonze, who make performances come to life behind the camera. The photographic portraits included in this show are a selection from Nadav Kander’s extensive collection dating from 1999 to present day. It includes singers Lily Allen, Michael Stipe, Nick Cave, Richard Ashcroft and Boy George. Nadav comments, “My main intention when photographing celebrities is making work that is unique and personal to that human being, even when the person in front of you has a fixed idea of how he or she wants to be portrayed.”
Kander manages to capture a well known face in a new, and often vulnerable light, using the lens to peer into the soul of the subjects he photographs, as well as his own. The remarkable effect of this process is displayed within this unmissable exhibition.
He comments, “My portraits are about how I respond to an individual and how I express my perception of a person through my portraiture, how we interact and how they present themselves to me will always have an influence on the final photograph; the shot becomes a photographic dialogue between the sitter and myself. Which ultimately extends to the viewer.”
Kate Farrell, The Lowry’s Curator of Special Exhibitions, comments: “We are really excited to work with Nadav Kander on this newly curated exhibition. We have carefully selected photographs from his vast archive of intriguing portraits of actors, directors and musicians; subjects that we are all familiar with, shot in a truly unique, and subtly beautiful way.”
Nadav Kander: Selected Portraits, 1999 – 2011 is in The Lowry galleries from Sat 16 April until Sun 4 September 2011. It shows alongside Warhol and the Diva (Sat 25 June – Sun 25 September), another newly curated exhibition by The Lowry, presenting an unprecedented collection of some of Andy Warhol’s most iconic works, focusing on the most alluring Divas of his time.
Both exhibitions are presented as part of The Lowry’s performance related visual art programme, which explores performance practice in its broadest sense.
Nadav Kander’s UK gallery representative is Flowers Galleries - www.flowersgalleries.com T +44 (0) 207 920 7777 E: info@flowersgalleries.com
The Lowry is grateful for the support of Metro Imaging in the production of this exhibition.
Media enquiries:
Michelle Bowey, Head of Media Relations, The Lowry Tel: 0161 876 2037 or email: michelle@thelowry.com
Pictures:
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To date, images available for press use for the specific purposes of illustrating this exhibition are:
- Eric Cantona
- Cheryl Cole
- Tinie Tempah
- Ian McKellen
- Lily Allen
- Spike Jonze
- Michael Stipe
Terms & conditions for using these images
• A maximum of 2 free press images can be used per piece of coverage. Further images can be purchased through Contour (via Matthew Somorjay, Photo Editor, Contour by Getty Images, 101 Bayham Street, London, NW1 OAG t: +44 (0) 203 227 2541
m: +44 (0) 7770 332041 f: +44 (0) 207 859 8960 www.contourphotos.com
• All pictures/extracts must be used within two (2) weeks of receipt
• Material shall not be copied or loaned
• Save for the purpose of production for the licence due photographs may not be stored in any electronic medium without the written permission of the Press Team
• Material shall not be altered, added to, have any part deleted or otherwise manipulated without the written consent of Nadav Kander
PHOTOGRAPHIC LICENCE
Licensor: Nadav Kander, Unit D, Imperial Works, Perren Street, London NW5 3ED (Nadav Kander)
Rights being granted: press usage for ‘Nadav Kander: Selected Portraits, 1999 – 2011’ at The Lowry, UK
Copyright
All copyright remains with Nadav Kander
• Photo by-lines for each photograph with copyright symbol must run adjacent to any images thus:
© Nadav Kander
Notes to Editors:
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Posted on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 under News Press Galleries Press