Steidlville

Christopher Morris Exhibition and Book Signing

To coincide with the run up to the US presidential election on November 4th Steidl and HOST gallery present My America an exhibition of photogrpahs by Christopher Morris.

Bringing together work from his coverage of both the first and second presidential campaign trails of President George W Bush, as well as work from the recent campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain, Morris’s privileged viewpoint offers a penetrating doubletake, operating in the space between the sleek and the stark.
Rather than focus on individual politicians, Morris’s photographs concentrate on both the details of this staged pageantry that is the campaign machine as well as the devotees of these potential administrations. With his icy clarity he captures scenarios often intimate and sometimes alien; from the cherry-red lips of a supporter in the crowd, frozen in awe, to a secret service agent standing, his back to camera, in an empty concrete basement. This is the work of a man rediscovering his country, observing its people blinded by the glaring light of nationalism.

Exhibition at HOST Gallery, October 3 to November 15, 2008
Private view
Thursday 2 October, 2008 from 6.30pm
HOST GALLERY, 1 Honduras Street, London, EC1Y 0TH

Please join us for the private view of My America by Christopher Morris, the artist will be present on the evening.

Please RSVP to rsvp@hostgallery.co.uk
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Friday, October 3, 6.30pm - Christopher Morris will discuss his work and present his short film
Thursday, October 30, 7pm - Screening of American Psyche (2007) directed by Paul van den Boom