Malcolm Glover

 

Malcolm Glover was born in Crawley,1955, and is currently based in St Leonards. He studied photography firstly at Newport where he obtained a Diploma in Documentary Photography, before going onto achieve an MA at The Royal College of Art in 1991.

Glover’s work has been exhibited widely around the UK. His first show: ‘Llyn Peninsular’ (1984) was a study of rural life and was toured throughout Wales. Glover then went on to become photographer in residence at Rochdale Art Gallery, the work he produced here took a humorous look at the people who visited health farms, and he was shortlisted for an ICI Foxtalbot Award. This work was subsequently exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery and was also bought by the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford.

Glover moved on to become artist in residence at the Foley Gallery in Lancaster. It was at this point that he developed the ‘timescapes’, which now form the main body of his work. These panoramic images – some up to 30ft in length – are a form of static tracking shots, giving the impression of a cinematic experience. Those taken from daylight into darkness show the light progressing and receding through the print. Traditionally the photographic image has trapped the viewer in one perspective and one moment of time – Glover’s work attempts to remove these restrictions.

 

The selection of timescapes featured ‘Brixton Lido’ for which he won Year of the Arts award. This image was shot over a six hour period revealing certain repetitive behaviour patterns that takes place in public swimming pools. Glover sets out to portray a cross-section of British life by capturing daily rituals and events of suburban living. In the streets scenes, each house was photographed at 45 minute intervals between 9am and 7pm. The individual shots were then “knitted together” to recreate hidden moments from the entire street on an average day; the same theme is repeated in a street in St Leonards-on Sea. The unusual length of these works allows the viewer to interact with the setting as they ‘walk the measure of its pavements’.

 

Please enquire at the gallery for print costs gallery@lucy-bell.com

Print prices are £250 3ft edition 50

10ft £650 mounted onto aluminium ready to hang. Edition 25

20ft £1200 Mounted onto aluminium ready to hang. Edition 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

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