Minnie Weisz
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Minnie Weisz is a photographer and curator
, having studied at the Royal College of Art
and the London College of Printing,
and freelance editor for Rizzoli International Publications
are the dominating subject of her photographs.
were shown at The Albion Stables, Balfe Street, London N1
in an exhibition ending 5 July 2006),plus a short film, Urban Fairy Tale. Her 2005 book and exhibition Eye Dream contained a series of photographs of the inside the mid-19th-century Fish and Coal building.
Her work was shown at the exhibition Ubi sunt
.
Weisz curated
an exhibition of works upon the subject of a building of Bloomsbury
as part of the London Festival of Architecture called The Diary of a derelict Dairy (20 June-20 July 2008).
Group exhibition, INHABIT, with Nicolas Gonzalez, Dani Marti, Kit Merritt, Sarah Roeskin, James White, Maca Yanez and Eric Schockmel were showing from the 29 to 31 July 2011 at 92 White Post lane,London
She has also exhibited as a collaboration in May 2010 with costume and set designer named Caroline Collinge and as a participating artist from in 2011 at ASYLUM an arts organisation in Caroline Gardens Chapel, Peckham.
An exhibition of art with its' subject as a building of Bloomsbury as part of the London festival of architecture called The Diary of a derelict Dairy.
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, having studied at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
and the London College of Printing,
and freelance editor for Rizzoli International Publications
RCS MediaGroup
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Nature of activities
She has described herself (with respect to her artistic activity) as an architectural detective. The buildings of King’s CrossKings Cross, London
King's Cross is an area of London partly in the London Borough of Camden and partly in the London Borough of Islington. It is an inner-city district located 2.5 miles north of Charing Cross. The area formerly had a reputation for being a red light district and run-down. However, rapid regeneration...
are the dominating subject of her photographs.
Exhibitions
Recent photograph's taken there in the exhibition Kings Cross as Camera ObscuraCamera obscura
The camera obscura is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to photography. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side...
were shown at The Albion Stables, Balfe Street, London N1
N1
-Aviation:* N1, in jet engine terminology, the gas generator section RPM* N1 , a Soviet Union rocket* N-I rocket, a Japanese rocket* AEG N.I, a German World War I night bomber* Caproni Campini N.1, a 1940 early motorjet-powered test aeroplane...
in an exhibition ending 5 July 2006),plus a short film, Urban Fairy Tale. Her 2005 book and exhibition Eye Dream contained a series of photographs of the inside the mid-19th-century Fish and Coal building.
Her work was shown at the exhibition Ubi sunt
Ubi sunt
Ubi sunt is a phrase taken from the Latin Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?, meaning "Where are those who were before us?"...
.
Weisz curated
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
an exhibition of works upon the subject of a building of Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
-Places:* Bloomsbury is an area in central London.* Bloomsbury , related local government unit* Bloomsbury, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA* Bloomsbury , listed on the NRHP in Maryland...
as part of the London Festival of Architecture called The Diary of a derelict Dairy (20 June-20 July 2008).
Group exhibition, INHABIT, with Nicolas Gonzalez, Dani Marti, Kit Merritt, Sarah Roeskin, James White, Maca Yanez and Eric Schockmel were showing from the 29 to 31 July 2011 at 92 White Post lane,London
She has also exhibited as a collaboration in May 2010 with costume and set designer named Caroline Collinge and as a participating artist from in 2011 at ASYLUM an arts organisation in Caroline Gardens Chapel, Peckham.
The studio
Her studio is located in one of the remaining listed railway arches behind St Pancras Station in King’s Cross, North London. The studio had involvment with the June 2011 festival entitled the London Street Photography Festival.Curated
Emmett Walsh–Paris Correspondence School @ Trove:Birmingham & Minnie Weisz Studio: LondonAn exhibition of art with its' subject as a building of Bloomsbury as part of the London festival of architecture called The Diary of a derelict Dairy.
External links
- Official website
- Open Lectures
- Times profile
- list of press releases from 2006-2008 retrieved 22/09/2011