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23 February - 28 March 2004

Private Private view: Monday 23 February 2004: 5.30 - 8 PM

The Wine Gallery-49 Hollywood Rd, London SW10
contact Art 3 for more info on 020 7585 0645

For PARTY PICS from the Private view on 23/2/04
For article in Success Net Spring 2004 (PDF)

This exhibition is sponsored
by Ink

PRESS RELEASE

ART 3 PROUDLY PRESENTS 'FROM THE SLIP TO THE WALL

The work of three diverse photographers, Carlos Dominguez, Mark Thomas and Patrick Gorman is brought together in one exhibition on... at the Wine Gallery, Hollywood Road, SW10

Carlos Dominguez operates within the related domains of Architecture & interiors. His work can often portray the feeling of claustrophobia, with the viewer looking up at tall postmodern structures of steel and glass from street level that reflect wealth and commerce of contemporary European cities. The locations frequently adhere to Mediterranean locations of vibrant clear blue skies, which stray into abstract compositions of form and colour, via Carlos's frequent discard of the horizon line.

The Modern European metropolis is also the whereabouts of Mark Thomas's subway photographs, on the move. So far including Prague and Moscow. Mark hones in on the colourful interiors of post communist transport. Despite Mark's work being about movement and communication, his description of a human presence is often through the single figure, which can of course be construed as the vacuum of the individual in the urban environment.

With Carlos it¹s about buildings and for Mark it's often anonymous people in buildings. To round things off with triangular equilibrium, Patrick Gorman's work concentrates on people. His subjects are often taken from the creative arts such as Actors, Musicians & Writers. Patrick is drawn towards mavericks and unusual behaviour, and strives hard to capture the omnipresent angst, ego, intense concentration, and temperamental nature of his subjects

"We have been showing Photography at the Wine Gallery exhibition's on a few occasions since mid-2003, so both Jane and myself have often discussed ways that we could build on these type of shows. As I have become acquainted with Carlos, Mark and Patrick through our membership of BNI, a networking club for businesses and was impressed by their talent. I suggested that they should show together. It may be an odd thing for artists to attend a business club, but all of us accept commissions and are interested in creative interaction with businesses. The exhibition's title is a pun on the way BNI passes on business contacts, via a referral slip".

By Pete Mountford

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CREATIVITY WITHIN BNI

"At our Business Breakfast Meetings, we attract a wide, diverse range of business professionals who all share a common goal of generating more business for one another. We only allow 1 person per profession to join a group. This ensures we lock out competitors and helps us to build a strong, solid relationship with one another.

Teams often form within the business group and the 'Creative' team is a good example of where the photographer, graphic designer, printer & PR consultant (to mention just a few professions), all work together on the same project for a 3rd party contact. Business also crosses between the groups and this exhibition is a reflection on how 3 photographers have come together, all with different specialities".

By Louise Heasman
Assistant Director: BNI London Office

CARLOS DOMINGUEZ

Carlos Dominguez was born in Madrid in 1962, from his early teens he developed an interest for photography, via subjects such as friends, family events and still life. At the age of 27 Carlos moved to London, and undertook a series of Photography courses receiving formal qualifications.

Carlos has been working as a professional photographer for ten years now. A trip to Seville in 1992, for the Universal Exhibition, gave Carlos the opportunity to photograph and enjoy the City's stunning architecture, since then architecture - together with interiors - has been the main focus of his practice. His work has been published in magazines, such as World Architecture, Architectural Review and Construction News. Commissions and collaborations have been with Fosters and Partners, Landor Associates, Fishburn Hedges and Six Continents Hotels.

" I approach my subject(s) with out any preconceptions, therefore for this exhibition my approach is also quite flexible, to use just simple phrase -THE WAY I SEE IT"

For more information on Carlos Dominguez click here

images ©Carlos Dominguez

" We are all constantly on the move. I am trying to convey the idea of travel. We now almost take it for granted but it is an integral part of everyday life"