Exhibition
Paintings and Photographs

Venue
Derby Museum
and Art Gallery

Dates
16 September to
29 October

Times
Monday, 11am to 5pm
Tuesday to Saturday,
10am to 5pm
Sunday, 1pm to 4pm

Flash
John Goto artists talk,
18 October.

John Goto
The combination of painting and photography — and an exploration of their respective histories and traditions — has been a major thread in John Goto’s work over the past twenty-five years. This exhibition explores the shifting relationship of the two media in his work, leading to their synthesis in digital photography.

Images within this retrospective combine paint and drawing with photographs, reflecting on the 20th
Century, including: Loss of Face previously shown at Tate Britain, which explores the Reformation iconoclasts’ attack on medieval rood screen paintings; the Ukadia project, which reflects on Blairite Britain; and two pictures from his recent New World Circus, a damning satire
on the invasion and occupation of Iraq. In Goto’s most recent series, Floodscape, made in collaboration with the Environment Agency and the University of Derby, he explores some of the risks and choices facing society at a time of rising sea levels and global warming.

John Goto is Professor of Fine Art at the University of Derby and is represented by Andrew Mummery Gallery, London; Galerie f5.6, Munich; Gallery On, Seoul.