- Break In The Seal
Break In The Seal is a photographic exhibition by two of the
United Kingdom 's most talentedblack artists :Pogus Caesar , born inSt Kitts , andVanley Burke fromJamaica . Both came to the United Kingdom from theWest Indies as children. They have spent most of their lives in Birmingham, where they were educated and now work.Vanley Burke's concentrates on documenting the everyday life of the community around him. Whilst Pogus Caesar's is a
Pointillist artist, it is Caesar's recent interest inphotography which has forged together their individual talents into a partnership which has seen the production of this exhibition - almost rivalling the reality they reflect.As artist. photographer and members of the
black community , they choose not so much to identify with their community, as to be an integral part of it.The photographs they are exhibiting in "Break In The Seal" provides us with alternative views of two cities,
New York ,USA and Birmingham,England . The images of New York are taken by Pogus Caesar in the tough areas ofBronx ,Brooklyn ,Harlem andQueens , Vanley Burke's photographs are of Handsworth, an inner city area ofBirmingham ."Break In The Seal", Photographs by Pogus Caesar and Vanley Burke. 23 Aug - 21 Sept
1986 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum ,Jordan Well ,Coventry , England.Ex Ref: Pogus Caesar photographs of New York / http://www.oomgallery.net OOM Gallery
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