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Viewing Restricted: [Re]presenting Poverty

LSE Photography Initiative exploring representations of poverty


 
27-April-14-Jun-2009, Atrium, LSE - open: Monday to Friday, 10:00-18:00




Viewing Restricted: [Re]presenting Poverty is a major new exhibition which sets out to explore different notions, representations and manifestations of 'poverty' within a global context. The exhibition features newly commissioned work in film and photography by five artists who examine poverty in its many guises. The participating artists are: Jessica Dimmock (New York), Mishka Henner (London), Sharron Lovell (Shanghai), Subhash Sharma (Mumbai) and Ali Taptik (Istabul). Presenting contrasting styles and approaches to their 'subject', the artists reveal hidden and untold stories of communities and individuals in contrasting geographical, social and cultural contexts, where the issue of poverty is often underwritten by politics of class, race and migration. Mindful of issues of voyeurism, objectification and condescension, the exhibition and related events series aim to challenge thinking and encourage debate about the conventional modes and mechanisms through which poverty is often represented and understood.

 

Jessica Dimmock - New York

Robmek Neal, 28 years old, Coler-Goldwater Hospital, Roosevelt Island, New York City, 2008, Jessica Dimmock

Jessica Dimmock captures the experiences of impoverished patients trapped in a public hospital hidden in the heart of New York and cheek-by-jowell with the city’s well-to-do.




Ali Taptik - Istanbul

Children colouring in street, Zeyrek, 2009, Ali Taptik

Ali Taptik traces contentious redevelopment projects in historic districts of Istanbul such as Sulukule, staying on the border between public and private.




Mishka Henner - London

The Ahmed Family, Alexandra Court Temporary Hostel, 2008, Mishka Henner

Mishka Henner examines the growing spatial segregation between rich and poor in Hackney, one of London’s poorest boroughs historically. Through photographs, text and audio, he considers people’s relationship to the urban environment in private and public spaces.




Sharon Lovell - Shanghai

Mr Song, Shanghai, 2009, Sharron Lovell

Sharon Lovell tells the story of three families of Chinese migrant labourers in Shanghai, and the struggles they face as undocumented internal migrants.



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Subhash Sharma - Mumbai

Subhash Sharma follows poor Mumbaikers' on their day off, capturing the varied pleasures of leisure in the city's diverse locales.




Viewing Restricted is organised by LSE's Centre for the Study of Global Governance (CSGG) in collaboration with LSE Arts.

The exhibition is part of the LSE's Global Civil Society programme. The eighth edition of the Yearbook, Global Civil Society 2009, focuses on poverty and activism. It is a collaboration between LSE's CSGG and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.



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Fiona Holland
Managing Editor
Global Civil Society YB
phone: 020 7955 7434
f.c.holland@lse.ac.uk 

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