After Turner

Michael Reid Berlin is delighted to announce a luminous new solo exhibition by acclaimed contemporary photographer Luke Shadbolt, a star in our stable of represented artists, who returns to the German capital this August.

Titled After Turner, this bold, chromatic new suite of photographs marks a striking evolution in Shadbolt’s practice, inspired by the radical romanticism of J.M.W. Turner.

Photographed over a single late-summer evening, After Turner reflects Shadbolt’s deep fascination with natural phenomena, focusing his lens on a fleeting and fiery interplay of light, water and atmosphere. Physically and conceptually immersed in his subject, the artist employed slow-shutter techniques within an underwater housing to capture images that blur the line between photography and painting.

“In this series, I’ve tried to accentuate the painterly capabilities of the photographic medium,” says Shadbolt, who cites Turner’s experimental brilliance – particularly his vivid, emotive colour – as a key influence.

Working in dialogue with Goethe’s colour theory and Turner’s expressive legacy, After Turner is at once homage and innovation – a contemporary meditation on light, violence, transcendence and the sublime.

Preview catalogues and early acquisitions are now available by request. Please email: colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au