What: Art Talk. Kyiv-based artist and activist Mark Neville discusses his project ‘Ukraine – Stop Tanks with Books’, which he embarked upon in 2015.
When: Mon, 9 May 2022 17:30 – 19:30 BST
Where: Sotheby’s Institute of Art 30 Bedford Square London WC1B 3EE United Kingdom
Tickets: Free
More About the Event
Mark Neville works at the intersection of art and documentary, investigating the social function of photography. He makes lens-based works that have been realized and disseminated in a large array of contexts, as both still and moving image pieces, slideshows, films, and giveaway books. His work has consistently looked to subvert the traditional role of social documentary practice, seeking to find new ways to empower the position of its subject over that of the author. Often working with closely-knit communities, in a collaborative process intended to be of direct, practical benefit to the subject, his photographic projects to date have frequently made the towns he portrays the primary audience for the work. Points of reference for his practice might include the ideas of Henri Lefebvre, or the artworks of Martha Rosler, John Berger, or Hans Haacke.
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