A portrait of the artist Grayson Perry which was exhibited at the chapel earlier this year has just been awarded a top photography award. Birth by Richard Ansett has been given the Sony Word Photography Award in the portrait category. The image will now go forward to the final and an exhibition at Somerset House...
Renowned photographer Richard Ansett discusses the possibility that forces which subjugate creative freedom are embedded into the very fabric of the world we exist in. He will attempt to find solutions to an increasing sense of dislocation within society and how we might form better a better relationship to reality. This free talk is part...
Photographer Richard Ansett talks candidly about the conscious and subconscious motives that drive his own image-making. The talk will invite discussion about how we define ‘fine art photography’, the motivations that inspire image making and the subconscious forces that influence our unique interpretation of the world around us. This free talk is part of our...
Artist Grayson Perry will unveil an ‘iconic and iconoclastic’ portrait of himself at the Fitzrovia Chapel, part of an exhibition running at the end of January. Presented as a dramatic lightbox illuminating the secular, baroque chapel from its ‘impious’ placement on the altar, the portrait reworks the motif of mother and child. Conceived by renowned...
Photographer Richard Ansett presents an extraordinary lightbox interpretation of artist Grayson Perry at the Fitzrovia Chapel with free talks on 26 and 29 January.
