Opening party for Portraits/Monsoon Season at Gallery f-stop Bangkok is at Tamarind Cafe, Sukhumvit Soi 20 (about 300m on the left

PORTRAITS / MONSOON SEASON
Gallery f-stop proudly announces an upcoming exhibition in March 2007 of a groundbreaking series
of beautifully manipulated photographic images by David Barratt.


PORTRAITS

Barratt re-imagines the the celebrity publicity photo through his Portraits series. A logical
progression from his record breaking “Hungry Ghost” series shown in Bangkok in 2006. Barratt
reveals what lies beneath public persona of, amongst others, George W Bush, Elvis Presley, Thaksin
Shinawatra & Wayne Rooney .

As our society becomes ever more obsessed with the cult of celebrity, the publicity photo and
paparazzi shot assumes ever bigger importance. Alluring, sexual, charming or menacing, the
celebrity photo aims to leave the viewer with a distinct impression of the subject. The
artificiality of the image is part of its device - neither the subject or the viewer believes in
its truth.

MONSOON SEASON

When Barratt was growing up in London he hated clouds. The grey sheets that descended from October
till May, and sometimes from May until October as well, cast everything he saw into a dull grainy
facsimile of life.

During his first rainy season living in Bangkok he was fascinated by the differences from the sky
of my youth. Blues, browns, purples and yellows burst forth forever in flux moving and changing
constantly.

The photos from "Monsoon Season" were taken from his apartment in Bangkok during the rainy season
of 2006.

Musical works by Barratt wil be played at the opening to complement the photographic exhibition.

Gallery F-Stop is 250 meters inside Sukhumvit Soi 20, a short walk from the MRT Sukhumvit station
or BTS Asok station.


posted by David Barratt  # 3:55 AM