Antony Gormley, Case for an Angel II, 1990, in the exhibition ‘Air and Angels’, ITN Building, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London, 1994. Photography by Edward Woodman

Dopo avervi ampiamente parlato del fotografo italiano Ugo Mulas, ci spostiamo in Inghilterra con Edward Woodman (1943). Cosa hanno i due in comune? Beh gli artisti. Anche Woodman, infatti, ne ha fatto il suo soggetto preferito, sia al lavoro nei loro studi, sia attraverso le loro opere installate in gallerie, musei e spazi espositivi.
Tutto iniziò nel 1981 con l’invito di Sandy Nairne a fotografare sculture per il catalogo ICA / Arnolfini “Objects and Sculpture“. Questa mostra collettiva comprendeva opere di Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor e Bill Woodrow tra gli altri. Ovviamente Woodman accettò diventando nel tempo uno dei più famosi fotografi della storia dell’arte contemporanea britannica.
Woodman ha realizzato ritratti di artisti, fotografato importanti esposizioni, come Freeze ad esempio, la mostra organizzata da Damien Hirst e altri studenti della Goldsmiths nel 1988 a Londra che lanciò il gruppo degli Young British Artists.
Egli è riuscito così a documentare una parte importantissima della storia dell’arte contemporanea del secolo scorso. Altri artisti con cui ha lavorato, giusto per farvi un’idea, sono Edward Allington, Phyllida Barlow, Helen Chadwick, Anya Gallaccio, Mona Hatoum, Michael Landy, Cornelia Parker, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Wilson, Julia Wood e Damien Hirst.
Nel 2000 Woodman ha avuto un incidente ciclistico che ha interrotto la sua carriera commerciale anche se continua a scattare fotografie.
Se vi trovate in Inghilterra, nello specifico a Southampton, da domani 24 novembre 2018 al 2 febbraio 2019, potrete visitare “Space, Light and Time: Edward Woodman, A Retrospective“, la retrospettiva a lui dedicata alla John Hansard Gallery.
Ecco le immagini, buona visione!

Helen Chadwick, working on ‘Wreaths to Pleasure’ series, 1993 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Vong Phaophanit, tok tem dean kep kin bo dai (what falls to the ground but can_t be eaten), 1992, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photography by Edward Woodman

Yoko Ono, installing ‘In Facing’ exhibition at Riverside Studios, 1990 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Antony Gormley, Case for an Angel II, 1990, in the exhibition ‘Air and Angels’, ITN Building, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London, 1994. Photography by Edward Woodman

Cornelia Parker, Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988 (work in progress). Photography by Edward Woodman

Richard Wilson, standing in the original installation of 20.50, Matt’s Gallery, London, 1987. Photo by Edward Woodman

Helen Chadwick, in residence at Kings’ College Assisted Conception Unit, 1996 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2018. Photo: Edward Woodman

Richard Deacon, preparing for ‘Them And Us (with Thomas Schütte) at Lisson Gallery, 1995 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2018. Photo: Edward Woodman

Richard Deacon with ‘Let’s Not be Stupid’, 1990 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2018. Photo: Edward Woodman

Richard Deacon with ‘Let’s Not be Stupid’, 1990 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2018. Photo: Edward Woodman

Yoko Ono, installing ‘In Facing’ exhibition at Riverside Studios, 1990 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Donald Rodney, at Chisenhale Gallery Workshop, 1989 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Cornelia Parker, Words That Define Gravity, 1992. Photography by Edward Woodman

Mark Wallinger, 1995 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Anya Gallaccio, photographed with Red on Green at the ICA, July 1992. Photography by Edward Woodman

Richard Wilson, standing in the original installation of 20.50, Matt_s Gallery, London, 1987. Photography by Edward Woodman

Damien Hirst, Billee Sellman and Carl Freedman, January 1990 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Cornelia Parker, Words That Define Gravity, 1992. Photography by Edward Woodman

Phyllida Barlow, Deep, 1991, Museum of Installation, London. Photography by Edward Woodman

Stuart Brisley, Serpentine Gallery, 1987 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

Damien Hirst, Billee Sellman and Carl Freedman, January 1990 – © Edward Woodman. All rights reserved, DACS-Artimage 2018. Photo Edward Woodman

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