Artist Talk: Andy Wiener

Photography is about capturing a moment in time, and the mask complicates our understanding of these moments by creating a mixed picture of the past and present.

'These images reminds us how common it is to be displaced, of the fragility of time and place, and the transient nature of life.' (Andy Wiener)

Come join us on the 6th of June to hear Andy Wiener talk about his artistic practice and the work that went into A Rake's Progress, now celebrating its 40th anniversary.

After the talk there will be time for questions and a glass of wine.

Tickets include a £5 voucher off any Andy Wiener publications.

The Exhibition:

Widely exhibited and published, A Rake’s Progress was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1996. In this series, Wiener used flat photographic masks of his own face to construct surreal, humorous, performance-based images that inhabit psychological rather than literal space.

In the 1980s, his work explored individual identity in relation to mass commercialisation and media influence. More recent work explores family history, memory, and loss.

Every image in the exhibition incorporates photographic masks, drawing on several bodies of work that explore sex, love, Catholicism, childhood memory, and family history.