Gavin Bond: Music

Grace Jones © Gavin Bond

The latest exhibition from Idea Generation Gallery unveils a collection of photographs from maverick photographer Gavin Bond. The exhibition is a celebration of music and its excessive celebrity associations. This is the first exhibition of Bond’s music photography and displays extravagant images of this generation’s biggest stars from rock Gods such as Steven Tyler and Ozzy Osborne to pop princesses Girls Aloud and Katy Perry.

Stephen Tyler © Gavin Bond courtesy of Idea Generation

Gavin Bond is acclaimed as one of the UK’s most successful contemporary photographers having gained access into the lives of some of the best known celebrities and shooting highly intimate and telling portraits. The works originate from a variety of shoots such as magazine covers for GQ and Q, album artwork and imagery for hit HBO dramas as well as never before seen private moments and behind the scenes reportage.

Idea Generation Gallery Manager, Eloise Rowley commented: “Gavin Bond’s photos evoke many of the greatest popular cultural photographers of our time. His portfolio of work stands alongside world renowned photographers.” Bond’s distinctive style delves deep beneath the skin of his subjects to reveal a sense of personality and emotion usually masked to the public. The array of iconic figures featured side-by-side offers a rich tapestry of celebrated music icons in one indulgent hit of pure celebrity voyeurism.

The Killers © Gavin Bond courtesy of Idea Generation Gallery

No Doubt © Gavin Bond courtesy of Idea Generation Gallery

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Jasper Joffe: A Very Angry Man?

The concept of selling your life, getting rid of every piece of art you’ve ever made and jetting off to start a whole new life from scratch could only be the move of a very angry man. A quick glance around Jasper Joffe’s work currently on display at the Idea Generation Gallery would back up this assessment – not particularly perceptive considering some of his paintings spell out his feelings quite literally in black and white – “You’re all cunts”.

In the exhibition The Sale of a lifetime the Joffe sells all his possessions, including his collections of paintings, drawings, teddy bears, and rare books. He will only keep the clothes he is wearing. The number 33 is recurrent theme throughout the exhibition, which has been installed in 33 different lots, all for sale for £ 3,333, as Biblical reference to death and rebirth (Jesus dies at the age of 33) – a rather bold association for any man to make it has to be said! The exhibition invites the public to browse through the artist’s entire collection of works which are piled high throughout the intimate gallery space, voyeuristically investigating parts of his private and more intimate life: from the books he reads, to the things he uses in his daily life, including his personal keepsakes and collections. Letters, family memories, pictures and personal objects belonging to friends and relatives are all included, as part of a cathartic process of separation from the past.

The exhibition runs until 2nd August at the Idea Generation Gallery at 11 Chance Street, Shoreditch, E2 7JB.