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Alastair Whitton
Viewing Room, 29 July - 5 August 2020

Alastair Whitton: Viewing Room

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  • The photographic works of Alastair Whitton are preoccupied with the mechanisms of memory and the recording of time and place....

    The photographic works of Alastair Whitton are preoccupied with the mechanisms of memory and the recording of time and place. Through the lens he explores what he refers to as ‘the architecture of time and the poetics and politics of place’ attempting to illuminate the ‘space between moments’. His photographs celebrate the seemingly commonplace and are in effect monuments to the dislocated or overlooked.

     

    To date he has presented solo shows in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Paris. Upcoming solo projects include Photo London and MIA Photo in Milan. His work has been featured in curated exhibitions at notable museums and institutions in South Africa and abroad. Highlights have included: Fotomuseum, Antwerp; Pratt Institute, New York; Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon; The Center for Book Arts, New York; Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome; Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice; National Museum of Mali, Bamako and IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

  • Available Works

    • Alastair Whitton, Warning sign, District Six, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Warning sign, District Six, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Tent, Observatory, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Tent, Observatory, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Batman & Zuma, Rondebosch, 2014 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Batman & Zuma, Rondebosch, 2014 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Coke, Woodstock, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Coke, Woodstock, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Fuel station, Salt River, 2018 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Fuel station, Salt River, 2018 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Bus shelter, Bonteheuwel, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Bus shelter, Bonteheuwel, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Wagon (Wa), Paarden Eiland, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Wagon (Wa), Paarden Eiland, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Grating, Paarden Eiland, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Grating, Paarden Eiland, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Bus shelter II, Bonteheuwel, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Bus shelter II, Bonteheuwel, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, No parking, Woodstock, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, No parking, Woodstock, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Barrier, Rondebosch, 2018 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Barrier, Rondebosch, 2018 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Interior, Paarden Eiland, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Interior, Paarden Eiland, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Playground, Rondebosch, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Playground, Rondebosch, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Cabinet (Buffel), Rondebosch, 2014 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Cabinet (Buffel), Rondebosch, 2014 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Sight screen, Rondebosch, 2018 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Sight screen, Rondebosch, 2018 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Pool, Rosebank, 2018 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Pool, Rosebank, 2018 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Playground, Rosebank, 2018 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Playground, Rosebank, 2018 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Washing line, Rondebosch, 2014 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Washing line, Rondebosch, 2014 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Window, Observatory, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Window, Observatory, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Wall (Make Art Not War), Woodstock, 2013 - 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Wall (Make Art Not War), Woodstock, 2013 - 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Subway, Observatory, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Subway, Observatory, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Pompidou II, Paris, 2018
      Alastair Whitton, Pompidou II, Paris, 2018
    • Alastair Whitton, Jardin des Tuileries II, Paris, 2018
      Alastair Whitton, Jardin des Tuileries II, Paris, 2018
    • Alastair Whitton, National Portrait Gallery II, London, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, National Portrait Gallery II, London, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Courtyard (RCA), London, 2018
      Alastair Whitton, Courtyard (RCA), London, 2018
    • Alastair Whitton, Train, London, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Train, London, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Grand Central, New York, 2019
      Alastair Whitton, Grand Central, New York, 2019
    • Alastair Whitton, Binocular II, 2014
      Alastair Whitton, Binocular II, 2014
    • Alastair Whitton, Binocular VI, 2014
      Alastair Whitton, Binocular VI, 2014
    • Alastair Whitton, Binocular VIII, 2014
      Alastair Whitton, Binocular VIII, 2014
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  • He has participated in various international art fairs and festivals including amongst others the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2013-2020);...

    He has participated in various international art fairs and festivals including amongst others the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2013-2020); AKAA - Also Known as Africa, Paris (2017-2019); Host: Editions, Cape Town (2015); FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg (2009-2014); Head On Photo Festival, Sydney (2013); Editions: Artists’ Books, New York (2009 & 2013) and Out of Africa Festival, Munich (1997).

     

    Whitton’s work is represented in the collections of the Durban Art Museum, University of South Africa, Durban Institute of Technology, Jack Ginsberg Collection / Ampersand Foundation, National Museum of Mali, Luciano Benetton Collection and the Aperture Foundation in New York.

  • Press

    • Ten Artists You Can't Miss ICTAF 2020
      Press

      Ten Artists You Can't Miss ICTAF 2020

      February 14, 2020
    • Double Trouble
      Press

      Double Trouble

      February 1, 2020
      A Foreign Land | Alastair Whitton This is not a love song. This is not that repeat-cycle dream of Cape Town as transnational refuelling station, natural oasis, coastal escape, fantasy...
    • Contemporary African Arts: The Six Revelations of the AKAA Fair in Paris
      Press

      Contemporary African Arts: The Six Revelations of the AKAA Fair in Paris

      November 8, 2019
    • A Stranger Cargo
      Press

      A Stranger Cargo

      January 21, 2020
      In between the 'extremes of glamour and protest' that have to date defined contemporary South African photography, Alastair Whitton quietly regards himself as a 'voice' emerging from a 'grey area'....
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