ARTISTS
Frank Auerbach, Vanessa Bell, Bruce Bernard, Richard Billingham, Peter Blake, David Bomberg, Reg Butler, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud, Elisabeth Frink, Mark Gertler, Richard Greenhill, Brian Griffin, Siobhan Hapaska, Howard Hodgkin, Chris Killip, Sarah Lucas, Bernard Meninsky, Chris Ofili, Marc Quinn, William Patrick Roberts, Donald Rodney, Albert Rutherston, Jurgen Schadeberg, William Scott, Maud Sulter, Bedwyr Williams, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Bettina von Zwehl
“Tânr z dlîtd t priznt a mêjr xibišn bî Ñgliš ātist n ftogṛfr Ričd Bilñm, šowñ tgɖr fr ɖ frst tîm hiz paṇramic fôtgṛafs n vidiowrc fṛm 2002 t 2014.
Capčrñ ɖ Britiš cuntrisîd, fṛm ɖ Sâʈ Dânz t ɖ Nwf̣c Fen n Cunstbl Cuntri v Īst Ñgḷnd, ɖz imrsv wrcs xplor ɖ rič txčrz v ɖz landsceps. Hiz paṇramic vyz unŕʈ ɖ ptklr jiolji, vejtešn, čenjñ wɖr n lît v ɖz plêsz, sm v ẇč h vizitd ovr a pirı̣d v yirz.
Ɖ c̣lctd wrcs in Paṇramic hv a visṛl isʈetc, rvilñ Bilñm’z imošnl n crietv rlešnšp t nêčr n landscep, drōñ on hiz bacgrând n sensbiḷtiz az a pêntr. Ɖ wrcs refṛns ɖ pictwrı̣l reṭric v Britiš landscep pêntrz, fṛm ɖ 19ʈ senčri t ɖ preznt, Jon Cunstbl t Dêvid Hocni. Ɖe xplor riɖm, patn, reṗtišn, dnamic comṗzišn az wel az ɖ tablo in nêčr, n ofn rcwd a trnsfwmtv mmnt in ɖ landscep.
Tânr wl olso b šowñ Bilñm’z 2004 filmwrc Swīp, ẇč pwtrez triz muvñ in ɖ wind, cmišnd bî ĀtSwe. Ɖ xibišn hz bn ṣpwtd bî Midlsx Ynivrsti n ɖ Ynivrsti v Glostršr.
Ričd Bilñm (born 25 Septmbr 1970) z an Ñgliš ftogṛfr n ātist hu z bst nôn fr hiz fôtobc Re’z A Laf, ẇč dokments ɖ lîf v hiz alc̣holic faɖr Re, n obīs, hevli ttūd muɖr, Liz. Bilñm wz born in Brmñm n studid az a pêntr at Bwnvil Colij v Āt n ɖ Ynivrsti v Sunḍlnd.
H cem t prominns ʈru hiz candid ftogṛfi v hiz famli in Crêdli Hīʈ, a bodi v wrc lêtr add t n publišt in ɖ aclemd bc Ray’z A Laf (1996). Ray’z a Laf z a ptreyl v ɖ povti n deprivešn in ẇč h gru p. Ɖ fôtgrafs, ẇč wr têcn on ɖ čīpist film h cd fînd, pṛvîd braš culrz n bd fôc̣s, ẇč adz t ɖ oʈntisti n francṇs v ɖ siriz.
In 1997, Bilñm wz includd in ɖ xibišn Sensešn at ɖ Royl Acaḍmi v Āt, ẇč šôcest ɖ ātc̣lẋn v Čālz Sāči n includd mni v ɖ Yuñ Britiš Ātists. Olso in 1997, Bilñm wun ɖ Sitīgrūp Ftogṛfīprîz. H wz šwtlistd fr ɖ 2001 Trnr Prîz, fr hiz sôlo šo at ɖ Îcon Gaḷri in Brmñm.
H hz olso md landscepfôtgṛafs at plêsz v prsnl significns arnd ɖ Blac Cuntri, n mr v ɖz wr cmišnd in 2003 bî ɖ ātsōgnîzešn Ɖ Public, rzultñ in a bc. H hz olso xperimentd wɖ vidiofilmz n vidiopṛjẋnz.
In lêt 2006, Bilñm xibitd a mêjr ny siriz v fôtgṛafs n vidioz inspîrd bî hiz memriz v vizitñ Dudli Zu az a čîld. Ɖ siriz, intîtld Zu, wz cmišnd bî Brmñm-bêst ātsōġnîzešn, VIVID, n wz xibitd at Comtn Vrni Ātgaḷri in Woricšr.
In ɖ folowñ yir h crietd a siriz v fôtgṛafs v Cunstbl Cuntri, ɖ eria on ɖ Esx/Suf̣c bwdr pêntd bî Jon Cunstbl. Ɖz wr xibitd at ɖ Tânhwl Gaḷriz, Ipswič.
H nâ livz nir Swonzi, n travlz wîdli. H z a lecčrr in Fîn Āt Ftogṛfi at ɖ Ynivrsti v Glostršr n a pṛfesr at Midlsx Ynivrsti (2012).”
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“Mwdor cunjrz imijz v a čard wêstland xplýtd fr its rzwsz. Ɖs xibišn xplorz ɖ lncs btwn J.R.R. Tolcīn’z dpiẋnz v ɖs fanṭsīrījn in Ɖ Lwd v ɖ Rñz n ɖ Blac Cuntri v ɖ 1900z, ẇč le a fy mîlz fṛm hiz čîldhdhom.
Alñsd imijz fṛm Tolcīn’z scečbcs, sînd frst idišnz v hiz novlz n îconic iḷstrešnz bî conseptātist Ted Nêsmiʈ, Ɖ Mcñ v Mwdor fīčrz wrcs bî uɖr 20ʈ senčri raitrz n ātists hu hv bn inflụnst bî ɖ industrı̣l pârhâs v ɖ West Midḷndz. Cntmprri rsponsz t ɖ pôstindustrı̣l Blac Cuntri wl olso b on šo, includñ wrcs bî Trnr Prîz nominī Ričd Bilñm, ftogṛfr Brayn Grifin n ātist Yripidīz Altintzoglu, alñ wɖ an indor forist bî inṭnašnli aclemd insṭleṣ̌nātist Ôḷfur Eliysn.”
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TED NÊSMIƮ • BRAYN GRIFIN • ÔḶFUR ELIYSN
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EDẈD WODZWRƮ: BBC – YR PÊNTÑZ
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