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London Art Fair: Stand P21

Past exhibition
22 - 26 January 2020
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Overview
Steve Macleod, Approach, Vertical Flyer, 2009
Steve Macleod, Approach, Vertical Flyer, 2009

Black Box Projects will take a stand in the Art Projects section for the second time at the London Art Fair, presenting a survey of work made over the last decade by artist Steve Macleod.

 

We are delighted to be hosting two events at the fair:

 

Friday 24 January, 2 – 2.45pm

ONSITE INSIGHT

Black Box Projects will host an interactive workshop with Steve Macleod where you can make your own photogram alongside a discussion about his practice. 

 

Saturday 25 January, 2.30 – 3.30pm

The Art of Happiness: Steve Macleod in conversation with Tim A. Shaw and Niamh White, founders of Hospital Rooms, chaired by Kathlene Fox-Davies, Co-Founder & Director of Black Box Projects.

 

Hospital Rooms is an arts and mental health charity that commissions world-class artists to work with inpatient mental health unit communities to transform their environments. Join photographer Steve Macleod as he speaks about his work with Hospital Rooms, the way in which his landscape photography translates emotional states through the lens, and the transformative nature of art as therapy.

 

Now in its 17th edition, Art Projects is a curated showcase of the freshest contemporary art from across the globe. Dedicated to cultivating a community of emerging international galleries, the section has established itself as an important international platform for new galleries to showcase the most stimulating contemporary practice, and continues to garner widespread critical acclaim. 

 

22 - 26 January 2020

www.londonartfair.com

 

Public Fair Hours
Wednesday 22 January 11am–9pm
Thursday 23 January 11am–9pm
Friday 24 January 11am–7pm
Saturday 25 January 11am–7:30pm
Sunday 26 January 11am–5pm

 

Address:

Business Design Centre 
52 Upper Street 
London N1 0QH

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Works
  • Steve Macleod, Approach, Vertical Flyer, 2009
    Steve Macleod, Approach, Vertical Flyer, 2009
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    Steve Macleod
    Approach, Vertical Flyer, 2009
    C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive
    127 x 162.6 cm
    50 x 64 in
    framed in a white wood box frame with non-reflective glazing
    Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
  • Steve Macleod, We Two Together, 2009

    Steve Macleod, We Two Together, 2009

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    Steve Macleod
    We Two Together, 2009
    C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive
    127 x 162.6 cm
    50 x 64 in
    framed in a white wood box frame with non-reflective glazing
    Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
  • Steve Macleod 1 ١, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod
    1 ١, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    1 ١, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper 
    138.2 x 109.2 cm
    54 3/8 x 43 in
    Framed in a handmade whitewashed box frame with UV Perspex glaze
  • Steve Macleod, 13١٣, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod, 13١٣, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    13١٣, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper
    48 x 38 cm
    18 7/8 x 15 in
    Framed in a white-washed box frame with UV Perspex glaze
    Edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • Steve Macleod, 14١٤, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod, 14١٤, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    14١٤, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper
    138.2 x 109.2 cm
    54 3/8 x 43 in
    Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • Steve Macleod, 15١٥, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod, 15١٥, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    15١٥, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper
    48 x 38 cm
    18 7/8 x 15 in
    Framed in a white-washed box frame with UV Perspex glaze
    Edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • Steve Macleod, 17١٧, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod, 17١٧, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    17١٧, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper
    48 x 38 cm
    18 7/8 x 15 in
    Framed in a white-washed box frame with UV Perspex glaze
    Edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • Steve Macleod, 22٢٢, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod, 22٢٢, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    22٢٢, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper
    48 x 38 cm
    18 7/8 x 15 in
    Framed in a white-washed box frame with UV Perspex glaze
    Edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • Steve Macleod, 11١١, 2015-2017
    Steve Macleod, 11١١, 2015-2017
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    Steve Macleod
    11١١, 2015-2017
    Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper
    93.2 x 73.6 cm
    36 3/4 x 29 in
    Framed in a handmade whitewashed box frame with UV Perspex glaze
    Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • Steve Macleod, Off Far Rock, 1992-2005

    Steve Macleod, Off Far Rock, 1992-2005

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    Steve Macleod
    Off Far Rock, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
    Framed in a handmade charcoal black frame with matching mount
  • Steve Macleod, The Rock, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, The Rock, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    The Rock, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
    Framed in a handmade charcoal black frame with matching mount
  • Steve Macleod, The Creel Cuts, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, The Creel Cuts, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    The Creel Cuts, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
    Framed in a handmade charcoal black frame with matching mount
  • Steve Macleod, On Boundary Stones, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, On Boundary Stones, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    On Boundary Stones, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
    Framed in a handmade charcoal black frame with matching mount
  • Steve Macleod, On the Track, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, On the Track, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    On the Track, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
  • Steve Macleod, Sunrise the Light, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, Sunrise the Light, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    Sunrise the Light, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
  • Steve Macleod, The Beacon, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, The Beacon, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    The Beacon, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    12 x 16 inches / 50.8 x 40.6 cm paper size
    Framed in a handmade charcoal black frame with matching mount
  • Steve Macleod, The Far Basin, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, The Far Basin, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    The Far Basin, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
  • Steve Macleod, The Marker Stone, 1992-2005
    Steve Macleod, The Marker Stone, 1992-2005
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    Steve Macleod
    The Marker Stone, 1992-2005
    Silver gelatin print, with Winsor & Newton black oil stick applied by hand. Unique.
    16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm paper size
    Framed in a handmade charcoal black frame with matching mount
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 1, 2019
    Steve Macleod, Indigo 1, 2019
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    Steve Macleod
    Indigo 1, 2019
    Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
    Edition 1/3
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 3, 2019
    Steve Macleod, Indigo 3, 2019
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    Steve Macleod
    Indigo 3, 2019
    Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
    Bespoke artist's frame, sprayed dark blue with museum glazing
    Edition 1/3
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 8, 2019
    Steve Macleod, Indigo 8, 2019
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    Steve Macleod
    Indigo 8, 2019
    Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
    25 x 20 cm
    9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
    Edition 1/3
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 9, 2019
    Steve Macleod, Indigo 9, 2019
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    Steve Macleod
    Indigo 9, 2019
    Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
    25 x 20 cm
    9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
    Edition 1/3
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 10, 2019
    Steve Macleod, Indigo 10, 2019
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    Steve Macleod
    Indigo 10, 2019
    Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
    Bespoke artist's frame, sprayed dark blue with museum glazing
    Edition 1/3
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 14, 2019
    Steve Macleod, Indigo 14, 2019
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    Steve Macleod
    Indigo 14, 2019
    Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
    Bespoke artist's frame, sprayed dark blue with museum glazing
    Edition 1/3
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Press
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo 8

    August 18, 2020
  • Steve Macleod, Approach, Vertical Flyer

    August 3, 2020
  • Steve Macleod, We two together

    July 21, 2020
  • Steve Macleod, 4٤

    July 2, 2020
  • Steve Macleod, Indigo #3

    May 6, 2020
  • Steve Macleod, The Line Cut

    April 27, 2020
Press release

For their second time at the London Art Fair, Black Box Projects will present a solo booth of work by British photographer Steve Macleod. Macleod is inspired by the Pictorial movement popularised in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For a Pictorialist, a photograph, like a painting, drawing or engraving, is a way of projecting an emotional intent into the viewer's realm of imagination. His works often utilise chiaroscuro elements of light and shade creating a melancholic, expressive mood.

 

Exhibiting works from as early as 1992 and as recent as 2019, the gallery will show four series including Blackwater, Nil, Hala andIndigo. These series are all photographic at their base, born from a vintage, large-format, analogue camera and shot on film, but varied in process finishing in vastly differing results.  

 

NIL

Nil is a series of work made between 1992-2005 inspired by the area of the Scottish Highlands where Macleod grew up. The First World War devastated many Highland villages to such an extent that in the post-war census the return of many soldiers was listed as NIL. With the loss of so many able-bodied young men, rural communities diminished, and people slowly drifted away from their lands, rural industry and crafts. Whole communities disappeared, and places became forgotten.

 

In 1992 Macleod began creating a photographic response to these losses; the traces of abandoned communities in the Highland landscape. He engaged with current residents in a collaborative approach to the photographic works. Creating silver gelatin prints he obliterated the image with black oil stick, inviting them to uncover the image below with their hands, in turn placing their own identity on the landscape and resurrecting a connection that commemorates the past yet connects us with the present. 

 

BLACKWATER

By methodically visiting the same sites along the Blackwater river course in Essex, Macleod repetitively shot the same subjects through the seasons in direct relation to the way he felt, translating his emotional state through the lens. Always waiting for just the right moment, shooting at dawn and dusk, until each object or detail of foliage was caught within its own atmosphere.  

 

In this cathartic process, he used the changes in light and atmosphere as a form of expression for his changing moods, finding solace in the landscape. Macleod’s emotionally charged photographs of dark woodlands have a sombre weight yet a profoundly meditative quality. In stark contrast, the bleached out, ethereal images represent the artists high, frenetic moods. During these moments, Macleod pushes the boundaries of his photography.  Objects become unreadable, and we are forced to squint into the glare.  

 

HALA

Hala, drawn from the Arabic word for ‘aura’, comprises 30 large-scale photographs created in the United Arab Emirates, inspired by a collection of images by British explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger. 

 

Macleod created this series of landscapes, devoid of human presence, which embody his Pictorialist ideology.  As his photographs have always been characterised by landscape’s direct relationship to his own psychological state, this time it was translated through the lens by the pouring of coloured paint into the bellows of the camera. This performative act, which renders the bellows subsequently unusable, results in the landscape being saturated with a surreal, coloured haze. The brooding and dark images of his previous work have been put aside in favour of a body of work that explores colour, light and a landscape of vast emptiness. The resulting pictures speak of redemption - a journey from desert lowlands to a stark and exposed summit - an exploration towards wellness and light. 

 

INDIGO

Steve Macleod latest series is Indigo. It consists of 20 images shot in the Scottish Highlands and realised as silver gelatin prints toned with hot selenium to give the images an inky blue hue. Indigo never started as a photography project but was borne out of an extended period of time Steve Macleod spent in hospital, many years ago. During his time there, he would have recurring dreams about indistinct mountain forms shrouded in inky blues and hazy purples - colours which are often associated with deep cognitive depressive states. These were not places the artist had visited in his native Scotland nor were they past memories – they were nameless, reoccurring visions. During his time in the hospital Macleod kept a diary and after every dream he would draw the shapes he saw. Several years later Macleod noticed patterns in his landscape work where he was drawn to mountain ranges in the Scottish Highlands. The indigo dreams had subconsciously worked their way into his landscape projects in the same way that memories pop in and out of our thoughts. Macleod was unconsciously reconstructing something that he had dreamed of and had continued to be drawn to, manifesting as Indigo. 

 

As well as a landscape photographer, Macleod is an educator - a regular lecturer and speaker on photography subjects, he is a respected industry professional with twenty-five years’ experience. He is a Visiting Professor at UCS East Anglia; a Trustee of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST); on the Patrons Board at the National Portrait Gallery, London; a Trustee on the Board for National Open Art and Lifetime member of Frontline Club in London. He also operates a successful mentorship programme for emerging artists. 

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