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- Price
- Free
- Running time
- 2 hours
- Venue
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- Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
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Event description
Join us on Saturday 14 December for a talk by artist-photographer Ian Macdonald, whose critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Fixing Time’ is currently on display at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. The talk will be held within the gallery offering the unique opportunity to explore over 50 years of Macdonald’s work surrounded by his captivating photographs and drawings.
At the conclusion of the talk there will be chance to ask questions, a book signing and a chance to see a selection of Ian Macdonald’s workprints not included within the exhibition.
Fixing Time will be available to view before and after the event. Books, limited prints and postcards are available to buy from the Museum Shop.
Ian Macdonald’s work has found prominence in numerous exhibitions across the United Kingdom, including prestigious venues such as the Royal Academy, The Photographers Gallery, and the Serpentine Gallery in London. His pieces are held in esteemed public and private art collections globally, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The National Portrait Gallery in London, the Danish Royal Library in Copenhagen, the Navigation Foundation in Boston, the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol, the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead, and the MIMA Collection in Middlesbrough. Residing in the village of Grosmont in the North York Moors, Ian Macdonald stands as a celebrated figure in the world of contemporary British photography.
Image: Ian Macdonald, A temporary sculpture of a new pipe bend for the furnace gas capture system on the Redcar No 1 blast furnace during a major rebuild of the furnace, Teesside, 2000. Courtesy of the artist.
