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Elger Esser, '33 Saint-Jean-de-Luz', 2008. C-print, hand-coloured, Alu Dibond, Forex, Unique, 180 x 281 cm / Framed 184 x 285 x 4 cm. Private collection © Elger Esser 2016. Courtesy the artist.

Joel Sternfeld,  

McLean, Virginia, December 1978, 

1978 (printed 2003). 

Digital c-print, 

Edition of 10 + 2 AP, 
106.7 x 133.3 cm / Paper122 x 148.6 cm / Framed 125.9 x 153 x 5.7 cm. 

Zabludowicz Collection
© Joel Sternfeld; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.

Stephen Shore, 

'Brownsville, Tennessee, May 3, 1974', 

1974 (printed 2014). 

C-print, 

Edition of 8, 
43.2 x 55.2 cm / Paper 50.8 x 61 cm / Framed 59 x 68 cm. 

Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York.

David Claerbout, 'KING (after Alfred Wertheimer’s 1956 picture of a young man named Elvis Presley)' (detail), 2015-16.  Single-channel video projection, HD animation, black-and-white, silent, 10-minute loop. Courtesy of the artist and galleries, Sean Kelly, New York and Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels.

Sonja Braas, 

'Firestorm' from 'The Quiet of Dissolution' series,  

2008. 

C-print, Diasec, frame, 

Edition of 8 + 2 AP, 
160 x 200 cm / Framed 170 x 210 cm. 

Courtesy Fabian & Claude Walter Gallery, Zurich.

  • 14 Wharf Rd, London N1 7RW, UK

  • Parasol unit foundation of contemporary art

  • Free

  • Monday by prior arrangement / Tuesday – Saturday 10.00 – 18.00 / Sunday 12.00 – 17.00

  • +44 20 7490 7373

  • parasol-unit.org

13 April - 26 June, 2016

Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography

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Parasol unit presents an exhibition that explores the uncanny in photography, as exemplified in the works of seven contemporary artists: Sonja Braas, David Claerbout, Elger Esser, Julie Monaco, Jörg Sasse, Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld.

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