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Apr 2023
'Legendary' photographer part of collaborative exhibition in Harrogate
Photographs of Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger that have been reworked as part of a collaboration between a famous photographer and artist will be unveiled in a Harrogate gallery.
Photographer Gered Mankowitz has teamed up with oil painter Christian Furr to bring the exhibition to RedHouse Gallery.
The two became friends more than a decade ago, and have combined Furr's distinct painting style with some of Mankowitz's most iconic photographs.
The exhibition, entitled In Wonder, will include reworked images of rock royalty, and will stand alongside unseen portraits of the likes of Kate Bush, PP Arnold and Marianne Faithful.
A screening of the artists in conversation will also be featured in the exhibition, as well as original darkroom photographs and recent paintings by Furr.
A portrait of PP Arnold included in the exhibition
Mr Mankowitz was the official photographer for The Rolling Stones in the 1960s and has seen the likes of Eric Clapton, Elton John, Oasis, and Duran Duran down the lens of his camera.
Mr Furr gained an international audience in 1995 after becoming the youngest artist commissioned to paint Queen Elizabeth II.
He said he is “dedicated to keeping oil painting fresh and alive as a contemporary medium”, so the collaborative exhibition seemed a natural progression.
Mr Furr said:
David McTague, of RedHouse Gallery, said:
In Wonder runs from Friday, April 21, until Saturday, May 27. The exhibition is free to attend and all works will be on sale.
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