Cast (2008)

Cast Exhibition (2008)

Video interview with Dryden Goodwin during the installation of 'Cast' exhibition at the Photographers Gallery, London

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

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

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...

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

VIEW A SELECTION OF DOCUMENTATION OF THE SEPARATE WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION BY SELECTING THE LINKS BELOW.


Cradle series (2008)	Shapeshifter (2008)	Casting (2008)

Caul (2008)	Rock (2008)

Documentation of Cast exhibition (2008)