Michael Putland: Triptychs
Three Madonna portraits by photographer Michael Putland are featured in a new exhibition at Snap Galleries, in Central London.
Snap hosted a solo show for Michael Putland in their Birmingham gallery back in 2005 which was a great success, and are now delighted to be working with Michael again on this new exhibition of triptychs.
In this new exhibition, Michael Putland presents a collection of work from his extensive 1970s and 80s photographic archives in a stunning new format, presenting three individual frames as a single artwork. Other artists featured in the collection are Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, John Lennon, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Tom Waits, Bob Marley, Steven Stills, Tim Buckley and Prince.
As Michael Putland explains The inspiration for the project actually came from the Renaissance. Seeing many Renaissance originals in museums and churches over the years, it struck me that there could be a contemporary twist to this age old method of image presentation, and I started to explore images within my archive to see whether any would be suitable for combining as triptychs. The deeper I dug, the more I came up with, and I’m delighted with the results. In each triptych, my guiding principle was that the three images should work together as a coherent whole – there had to be an anchor image in the centre, and then a natural image for the left and one which sat naturally to the right.
Michael Putland: Triptychs
13th April to 21st May 2011
8 Piccadilly Arcade
London SW1Y 6NH England
Monday to Friday 11.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday 11.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday Closed – Bank holidays Generally closed