In the exhibition Run To Me – opening tomorrow at Old Street’s Charlie Smith London – curator Faye Dowling presents a quizzical visual exchange between painter Sam Jackson and photographer Derek Ridgers.
In my essay for the catalogue, I examine how Jackson’s text-scrawled figuration acts as both commentary on and counterpoint to Ridgers’ documentation of the subcultural undergrounds of the last four decades.
If you’re in town at any point in the next four weeks I recommend a visit. Run To Me is at Charlie Smith London until November 11. More details here.
