Break In The Seal
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Break In The Seal is a photographic exhibition by two United Kingdom
black artists: Pogus Caesar
, born in St Kitts, and Vanley Burke
from Jamaica
. Both came to the United Kingdom from the West 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 in photography
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 exhibit in "Break In The Seal" provides 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 of Bronx, Brooklyn
, Harlem
and Queens
, Vanley Burke's photographs are of Handsworth
, an inner city area of Birmingham
.
"Break In The Seal", Photographs by Pogus Caesar and Vanley Burke. 23 Aug - 21 Sept 1986 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry
, England.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
black artists: Pogus Caesar
Pogus Caesar
Pogus Caesar is a British artist, television producer and director. He was born in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham, England.-History:...
, born in St Kitts, and Vanley Burke
Vanley Burke
Vanley Burke was born in St. Thomas, Jamaica, in 1951. He was sent a “Box Brownie” camera from his parents who were living in England for his 10th birthday. He came to England in 1965 to join his parents and left his radio to his Aunt as a parting gift taking his camera with him...
from Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. Both came to the United Kingdom from the West 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 in photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
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 exhibit in "Break In The Seal" provides alternative views of two cities, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA and Birmingham, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The images of New York are taken by Pogus Caesar in the tough areas of Bronx, Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
and Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, Vanley Burke's photographs are of Handsworth
Handsworth, West Midlands
Handsworth is an inner city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The Local Government Act 1894 divided the ancient Staffordshire parish of Handsworth into two urban districts: Handsworth and Perry Barr. Handsworth was annexed to the county borough of Birmingham in Warwickshire in 1911...
, an inner city area of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
.
"Break In The Seal", Photographs by Pogus Caesar and Vanley Burke. 23 Aug - 21 Sept 1986 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, England.