Cast Exhibition (2008)

Photographer's Gallery , London - 25th September to 14th November 2008

Hasselblad Centre , Gothenburg, Sweden - 23rd January to 8th March 2009

A 160 page monograph entitled Cast was published in February 2009 by Steidl and Photoworks, in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery, 100 color and b/w plates, ISBN 978-3-86521-727-1

In this exhibition, Cast, Dryden Goodwin presents five new series of works – Cradle, Shapeshifter, Casting, Caul and Rock. Each series features portraits of strangers captured by the artist as he has travelled through London. The title Cast suggests a plurality of meanings, all of which have resonances with the work, from casting a line to casting light or shadow, from casting a film role to casting a sculpture, from casting suspicion to casting a spell.

All the works in this exhibition combine drawing with photography in a range of ways. As Goodwin describes, “…drawing as touch is central. I find it compelling the idea of a drawn mark being a kind of contact between artist and subject, between one individual and another...drawing is a way of thinking into the photograph…an ambiguous gesture, that can suggest both tenderness and hostility...”

 
Documentation of Cast exhibition (2008)