Maurizio Anzeri in Conversation, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

MAURIZIO ANZERI

CONVERSATION

25 June 2011 - 2 October 2011

opening Wednesday 29 June 2011
18.30 / FREE

Maurizio Anzeri discute il suo lavoro con Alessandro Vincentelli, BALTIC Curator of Exhibitions & Research.

Maurizio Anzeri's unusual working process brings together found photographs and embroidery. Using portraits from the 1930s and 1940s collected at flea markets, Anzeri overlays abstract designs by sewing intricately patterned threads directly onto the photographic surface. Obscuring part of the photograph he both hides and heightens certain features of the face. His precise juxtapositions transform the discarded image, giving his portraits a disquieting and psychological presence.


BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA, UK

OPENING TIMES: Open Daily 10.00–18.00 except Tuesdays 10.30–18.00.