Photography 20:21

One Off is pleased to present

Photography 20:21

Opens Saturday 30 January 2021

Exhibition Run:
EXTENDED
Saturday, 30 January through 14 March 2021

Gallery Open
Tuesday through Sunday, 10am - 4.30pm

Please note that masks are mandatory around the gallery.

Timothy Brooke 2020 Exhibition Invitation

About the exhibition

Whilst the art photographers from the 1900 often took their cues from paintings of the time, subsequently photography has followed every twist and turn of the art market and ideological forces since it was developed in the 1840s.

Many improvements from the 1940s onwards, culminating in the introduction of laser scanners and computers, made possible printing of an unprecedented accuracy and this in turn encouraged new interest in colour among art photographers. The developments in commercial printing since the 1940s brought the work of photographers within reach of a large new audience and finally helped establish it as a serious medium for art.

Excerpt: Photography – A concise history by Ian Jeffrey

In recent years photographs have achieved significant prices in the international markets. Not so in East Africa. The market for fine art photography trails behind the disciplines of painting and sculpture in the region.

Very slowly, this is changing; not in any small measure due to the efforts of James Muriuki, Margaret Njeri and Betty Press who are three of the best-known practitioners in the region.

Charles Gathua and Joseph Nabster are proving that they are fast catching up in terms of popularity. Talitha Puri Negri, Mumbi Muturi, Chao Sio, Hannah Schwartzman and Apondiii are all contributing to the turning tide.

Preview of Works

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James Muriuki - Undefined Construction I - Giclee print on dibond and acrylic reversal - 80h x 120w cm - Kshs 220,000

James Muriuki - Undefined Construction VII - Giclee print on dibond and acrylic reversal - 80h x 120w cm - Kshs 220,000

Apondiii – Anxiety I, II & III | Edition 1/1 – Photographic print on paper – 29.5h x 20w cm (each) - Kshs 50,000

Apondiii – Motion in Stillness: Balance and Harmony I | Edition 1/1 – Photographic print on paper – 45.5h x 31w cm - Kshs 30,000

Apondiii – Motion in Stillness: Balance and Harmony III | Edition 1/1 – Photographic print on paper – 45.5h x 31w cm - Kshs 30,000

Chao Sio – Perambulators and their Content | Edition 1/5– Photographic print on paper – 81h x 122w cm - Kshs 120,000

Chao Sio – Sniff | Edition 1/5 – Photographic print on paper – 41h x 60w cm - Kshs 30,000

Joseph Nabster – Emergence | Edition 3/3 – Photographic print on paper – 73h x 93w cm - Kshs 75,000

SOLD - Joseph Nabster – Godspeed| Edition 3/3– Photographic print on paper – 110h x 83.5w cm - Kshs 125,000

Margaret Njeri – Mke Mwena IV | Edition 1/3– Photographic print on paper – 74h x 53w cm - Kshs 120,000

Mumbi Muturi – Softness I | Edition 1/5– Photographic print on paper – 37.5h x 49w cm - Kshs 30,000

SOLD - Mumbi Muturi – Softness II | Edition 1/5 – Photographic print on paper – 37.5h x 49w cm - Kshs 30,000

Mumbi Muturi – Softness III | Edition 1/5 – Photographic print on paper – 37.5h x 49w cm - Kshs 30,000

Charles Gathua – Sandstorm I | Edition 1/3 – Photographic print on paper – 62h x 44.5w cm – Kshs 45,000

Charles Gathua – Sandstorm II | Edition 1/3 – Photographic print on paper – 44.5h x 62w cm – Kshs 45,000

Charles Gathua – Sandstorm III | Edition 1/3 – Photographic print on paper – 62h x 44.5w cm – Kshs 45,000

SOLD - Betty Press - Swahili Bed, Lamu , 2019 - Photographic print on paper - 25.4h x 35.6w cm – Kshs 30,000

Betty Press – Crow Sounds, Lamu, 2019 - Photographic print on paper - 25.4h x 35.6w cm – Kshs 30,000

Betty Press – Clothes Line, Shela, 2019 - Photographic print on paper - 25.4h x 35.6w cm – Kshs 30,000

Talitha Puri Negri – Untitled | Edition 1/5 – Photographic print on paper – 80h x 60w cm – Kshs 90,000

Hannah Schwartzman - Winter in Central Park – Photographic print on paper – 121h x 170w cm – Kshs 180,000

Hannah Schwartzman - Central Park, New York – Photographic print on paper – 123h x 157.5w cm – Kshs 180,000

Exhibition openings are usually on the last Saturday of every month, excluding December.
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