Alignment Exhibition, Ian Chamberlain & Sachiyo Nishimura

Anise Gallery

10th April- 10th May

Fascinated with technology and architectural forms, Chamberlain’s work has included locations and structures within industry, agriculture, science and the military. His work acting as a visual historical document and record of the places that he visits. The shelters, watch towers and outposts of the cold war period influence his current work. Juxtaposing the ancient process of etching with the recording of new technology, Ian interprets the form and function of these objects. The continual evolution of Chamberlain’s work through the constant alteration of the copper surface as he revisits it time and time again is also reflected in the methods of Nishimura’s iterative photo-manipulation work.

Sachiyo Nishimura is drawn to the visual language of industrialisation; by pushing the boundaries of photography she conveys the fascinating anonymity of certain urban spaces and objects of which we have become oblivious. On the one hand these are familiar to the viewer, but on the other, out of context and without location, they are rendered ambiguous. Through her meticulous post production process, which involves grid schematics and geometrical sketches, she proposes another version of the cityscape. The divergent journey is especially evident in the ‘Lines’ series. Nishimura crops, overlaps, and modifies the scale of the original photograph, the urban objects get further away from their original context and get closer to an abstract interpretation of the landscape within a new complex structure.

In bringing these two artists together, ‘Alignment’ exhibits the artistic unity akin to the harmony of a musical duet.

The gallery is located along historic Shad Thames just past the Design Museum and opposite Conran’s head office. It is situated near to Bermondsey Street, the home of the Fashion and Textiles Museum and White Cube and within 5 minute walk of the fantastic Maltby Street Market.