Hamiltons Gallery was delighted to present From the Roster. An expansive and evolving exhibition, From The Roster featured significant works from many of the artists Hamiltons has had the privilege of exhibiting over its long history. Artists such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton and Sir Don McCullin were presented alongside rare and unique works by Horst P. Horst, Steven Meisel, Sante D’Orazio, Peter Beard, Daidò„ Moriyama, Andy Warhol and many more. Ever in the pursuit of quality the gallery was pleased to showcase new works by represented artists Murray Fredericks, Roger Ballen and Philippe Garner.
All of the works in From the Roster are connected by a sense of the extra-ordinary. Important works by Steven Meisel, Herb Ritts and Sante D’Orazio encapsulate an unwavering commitment to capture untouchable glamour. More confronting is the provocative gaze of photographs by Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan’s most renowned – and controversial - photographers.
In addition to these intense studies of the human form, From The Roster contains selections from Guido Mocafico’s Serpens series of still lives which confronts the glittering darkness and danger pulsating beneath beauty. The selection also extends to stunning works of landscape photography by the great masters Albert Watson and Sir Don McCullin. United by their mastery of the craft and influence on the medium, the artists represented in the exhibition provide a thoughtfully curated overview of the modern masters of photography.
Irving Penn, Girl Behind Bottle, New York, 1949 © The Irving Penn Foundation/Condé Nast