Exhibition – ‘Face to Face’ Sean Henry Sculptures, The Lightbox, Woking

 

'Catafalque’, 2003 - Sean Henry Sculpture, lies on a rusting steel platform, Jubilee Square, Woking, Surrey © Helen Jones-Florio
‘Catafalque’, 2003 – Sean Henry Sculpture, Woking, Surrey © Helen Jones-Florio
Face to Face – sculptures by Sean Henry

12 August 2017 – 5 November 2017

Exhibition – The Lightbox, Woking, Surrey, UK

‘Henry’s work is highly realistic and essentially modern in its choice of subject matter, colour and materials. His figures – often anonymous men and women – have an emphatic physicality which allows room for the viewer to draw their own interpretations, while deliberate changes to scale and colour imbue his figures with a powerful interiority and ‘presence’.’ Read more The Lightbox

The Wanderer - Sean Henry Sculpture, standing outside Woking train station, Surrey © Helen Jones-Florio
‘The Wanderer’ – Sean Henry Sculpture, Surrey © Helen Jones-Florio

 

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Beekeepers of Surrey ©Jason Florio

Learning the family business

Grandfather Florio with grandson Florio, stand posing in bee-suits, preparing to harvest some Surrey honey, UK © Jason Florio
Grandfather Florio with grandson Florio preparing to harvest some Surrey honey, UK © Jason Florio 

 

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‘The Future’s So Bright’ – African skin bleaching. Self-Portraits © Diana Fine

The Future’s So Bright – What's behind African Skin Bleaching. Self-Portraits © Diana Fine
The Future’s So Bright – African Skin Bleaching. Self-Portraits © Diana Fine

‘The Future’s So Bright’

Self-portraits by Diana Fine

 ‘Bright’ is a slang term for light complexion in the African Diaspora

“‘The Future’s So Bright’ represents my engagement with the social norms around beauty and power in Africa; norms that incubated in the shadow of colonialism, Western primacy and the aesthetic ideals that were perpetuated during that period.
The ideals of beauty continue to plaque African societies and African women disproportionately, some six decades after we’ve regained independence” Diane Fine

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Postcards from Brighton ©Helen Jones-Florio

Carousel, Brighton Pier, UK. Funfair ride © Helen Jones-Florio
All the fun of the fair – Carousel, Brighton Pier © Helen Jones-Florio

 

Blurry Brighton Pier seen through the bars of a fence ©Helen Jones-Florio
Fade away – See you next time, Brighton ©Helen Jones-Florio

 

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