Hamiltons Gallery is delighted to present Mostly Nude. The exhibition comprises of iconic images by some of photography’s most influential artists and their personal take on the many shifts that the genre of Nude has undergone. Mostly Nude navigates how these shifts permeate differently in each artist and their work; sometimes as a continuity of values from classicism, parody or shock value. The exhibition coincides with gallery owner Tim Jefferies 40 years of championing fine art photography through his involvement with Hamiltons.
A genre in its own right, the Nude often implies an external look on feminity which transcends the nakedness or states of undress of the model but is defined by a particular interaction of ‘self’ and ‘other’.
This exhibition celebrates Hamiltons Gallery's pioneering history of establishing photography as an art form, enabling the space today to see through the history of the medium and its impact on ubiquitous visual references. Be it through Horst P. Horst’s interpretation of neoclassicism in early photography or Erwin Olaf’s ability to poke fun at standards, Mostly Nude gathers pioneers from 20th century photography, modern masters and contemporary artists, in an exhibition that celebrates the excellence of the medium that has accompanied Hamiltons Gallery in its 40 year history.
