Join us to see Kev Howard's solo exhibition 'From the Transitory' and understand about Kev's practice through this in converstation.

Details of the evening

Arrivals, refreshments and exhibtion preview from 5pm - 5:15pm

Kev Howard In conversation with Dr Pippa Oldfield from 5:15pm - 6pm

Chance to ask questions 6pm- 6:15pm

Another opportunity to look through the exhibition

There will be a BSL interpreter for this event

About Kev Howard - 'From the Transitory'

Kev Howard will be familiar to many living in the North East as a photographer and musician who has been part of the cultural life of our area for over 40 years. This exhibition marks his first major solo show incorporating new work and key moments from his archive of images dating back to the 1980s. Many of these images have never been shown before.

New works made specifically for this exhibition are drawn from Kev’s ongoing Encased series in which fruit and vegetables are photographed through ice. This creates beautiful, seemingly abstract, images which nonetheless tell a story of food poverty and the interruption of supply chains. All the food used in this series was found to be mouldy or rotten by the time it had reached the supermarket shelves. The exhibition also features works drawn from his d-FORMED series which challenge often held opinions about the disabled body and disability equipment.

Alongside his studio based work, Kev has been a dedicated documentor of the cultural lives and landscapes of Teesside. The exhibition will include around twenty of his documentary images, covering music festivals, art events, goth culture, protest marches and our lives during the Covid pandemic. His landscape images will present us with often familiar scenes shown in a different light, where waves crash and storm clouds gather to expose the sublime in the nature around us.

The exhibition forms part of a wider programme of activities across the Tees Valley that mark the arrival of the prestigious Turner Prize in Middlesbrough and which highlight the wealth of creative talent to be found in the Tees Valley.

About Dr Pippa Oldfield

Dr Pippa Oldfield is a photography curator, author and historian. She is Programme Consultant at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, and an Honorary Fellow at Teesside University, Middlesbrough.

The talk will be recorded for future audeinces to enjoy. If you would prefer to not be filmed at all then let a member of staff know and we can seat you appropriately

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