Paloma Faith Discusses her Album Art

PALOMA FAITH WILL CURATE AN EXHIBITION OF HER ICONIC IMAGERY IN NOVEMBER

Paloma Faith, along with Album Artists, is curating an art exhibition comprising a selection of her album artwork and iconic imagery since her debut album was released in 2009. The exhibition will display stunning, limited edition and critically acclaimed images by photographers David Standish and Finlay Mackay, and live photography by Saul.

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Paloma, whose striking and unmistakeable image has quickly elevated her into a style icon, has been steering the creative direction of her promotional images from the start of her career. Couture, custom made clothing, dazzling hair and makeup, have all been captured in photo form for public display to become some of the most dramatic and celebrated album art images, now available to own.

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The works, range from 50 cm to 1.6 meters in length, include posters, limited edition high quality prints (signed by Paloma and the photographer), and very limited, large beautifully printed and framed photographs, also signed by Paloma and the photographer.

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Paloma said

‘I am thrilled to be able to exhibit these artworks. The photographers involved are all amazing and I am so proud to have worked with them. I am extremely hands-on with my visuals, and collaborate very closely with photographers to achieve the final image.

‘In an age where we are all downloading music, it’s wonderful to be able to appreciate fully the work that goes into creating the beautiful imagery surrounding an album.’

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In the video above Paloma Faith discusses her efforts to create spectacular album art in the digital age, and her experiences with the “poetic and sensitive” David Standish compared with the “dynamic and physical” Finlay MacKay and Saul who Paloma has known since she was 18 and who she can trust to get her “right angles, which are the bane of a woman’s life.”

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Manga Dreams at the Hamilton Gallery. {Art}

MANGA DREAMS

An exhibition of prints by fine art photographers Anderson & Low

www.andersonandlow.com

27 January – 5 March 2011

Hamiltons Gallery

13 Carlos Place

London

W1K 2EU, UK

Focusing on the dynamic between subject and photographer, Manga Dreams explores a visual hybrid of photography, graphics, digital painting and calligraphy with numerous layers of interpretations. Subjects tailor their look to that of manga, including extremely styled hair and elaborate costume, while performing for the camera.

Manga, stemming originally from Asia, means ‘cartoon’ and within the context of this exhibition connects street youth and visual cyberculture with contemporary art. The influence of street culture is well recognised in modern art – take Lichtenstein and Warhol for example. Manga Dreams can be seen as a continuation of this genre, drawing on an Eastern paradigm and applying it to portraiture.

Prints are for sale. Please contact Christina Richardson at Hamiltons for more information christina@hamiltonsgallery.com / 020 7499 9494