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Picturing Dundee: Street Photography And Portraits
15th of April – 30th of July
This exhibition by Mathew Schwartz incorporates photographs from two projects:
Impressionistic Streets of Dundee (Monochrome), 2020–2022
The pandemic gave me thoughts about isolation — how we could live so close and yet largely have to stay so socially distanced from others, at least by household. My desire was to foster a sense of disconnection between the viewer and the figures encountered in the landscape, using a grainy and almost impressionistic approach.
Portraits: Workers in the West End of Dundee, 2018–2020 (Colour)
Until the pandemic began, I was making portraits of individuals who work in and are recognizable within the West End of Dundee, be they the local tailor, greengrocer, shop assistant, barista, builder, tattoo artist or lollipop man.
People live in communities, and businesses reflect the community in which they exist, including time and place. Mathews’s goal was to document the neighbourhood as the city undergoes profound changes due to regeneration, a changing population and the vibrant mix of old and new that this has created.
This exhibition by Mathew Schwartz incorporates photographs from two projects:
Impressionistic Streets of Dundee (Monochrome), 2020–2022
The pandemic gave me thoughts about isolation — how we could live so close and yet largely have to stay so socially distanced from others, at least by household. My desire was to foster a sense of disconnection between the viewer and the figures encountered in the landscape, using a grainy and almost impressionistic approach.
Portraits: Workers in the West End of Dundee, 2018–2020 (Colour)
Until the pandemic began, I was making portraits of individuals who work in and are recognizable within the West End of Dundee, be they the local tailor, greengrocer, shop assistant, barista, builder, tattoo artist or lollipop man.
People live in communities, and businesses reflect the community in which they exist, including time and place. Mathews’s goal was to document the neighbourhood as the city undergoes profound changes due to regeneration, a changing population and the vibrant mix of old and new that this has created.
Sun 16 Apr to Sunday 11 Jun 2023
Verdant Works, W Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee, Angus DD1 5BT
Museum Opening times.Free with Museum admission or an existing annual pass.
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