Emily Allchurch has a rather unique role in contemporary photography. Her work is based upon master paintings and prints from the 19th and 20th centuries, which she then reproduces to mirror contemporary society. For Manchester Art Gallery’s latest show, Allchurch has been commissioned to re-create a work based on a painting by the French artist Adolphe Valette: Albert Square, Manchester 1910. Very powerful imagery is unearthed when the past and the present can be seen together and her work successfully draws lineages between the two. This piece will be shown in the exhibition alongside Allchurch’s Japanese series: Tokyo Story and Tokaido Road which play homage to the 19th century Japanese printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige. To complement this work there will also be a selection of Manchester Art Gallery’s rarely seen collection of original Hiroshige woodblock prints with some loans from the Whitworth Art Gallery and the British Museum.
Fri 13 Mar to Sun 7 Jun, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL
Tel: 0161 235 8888. www.manchestergalleries.org
- Words:
- Daisy Kidd
- Published on:
- Tue 2 Jun 2015
