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Details of our artists featured and works available:

© Bill Armstrong

"Bill Armstrong borrows images from the Renaissance and, blurring the edges, vaults them into the realm of contemporary art. Separating out individual figures, he-recreates them in paper cut-outs, which he lays on brightly toned grounds. Then he opens his lens as wide as he can and shoots a lengthy exposure. The radiant results are the work of a master colourist. Red pulses against against blue; turquoise throbs against plum...straddling the line between abstraction and figuration, Armstrong's work teases the eye, refusing to settle on one or the other" Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe March 2009

Read more about Bill Armstrong here, or visit his image gallery

© Doug & Mike Starn

Mike and Doug Starn, American artists and identical twins, were born in New Jersey in 1961. Working collaboratively in photography since age thirteen, they continue to defy categorization by effectively combining traditionally separate disciplines such as sculpture, painting, video, and installation. Their work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide for two decades, and has received international critical acclaim for their conceptual approach to photography.

Their work has also been acquired by more than 30 public permanent collections including the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (CA), the Jewish Museum (NYC), Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris, France), the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia), the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (CA), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC), the Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC), the Yokohama Museum of Art (Yokohama, Japan), amongst others.

The sweeping scope of their interests has led to fruitful professional and artistic collaborations with German art dealer Hans Mayer, Russian author Victor Pelevin, American actor Dennis Hopper, and NASA and CHSL scientists. Recent works continue the thrust of the Starns' longtime fascination with themes of light and darkness, nature and technology, past and present, part and whole; a distinctive dualism evident since their earliest works.

The Starns have received critical acclaim in The New York Times, Art in America, ARTFORUM, Flashart, and other international publications. They are recipients of two National Endowment for the Arts grants in 1987 and 1995 and The International Center for Photography’s Infinity Award for Fine Art Photography in 1992. In 2005, the Starns were awarded a commission by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority for a monumental permanent art installation, recently completed at the South Ferry terminal.

You can find out more at www.starnstudio.com

© Calmen & Bech


Working in collaboration to create captivating and mysterious landscapes, French artists Calmen & Bech consciously retain a sense of anonymity. In their alluring and atmospheric artworks an acknowledgement of time and place is not significant. Instead we are suspended in timeless space: the familiar transcends the everyday and the viewer is introduced to what they describe as ‘the ends of our world.’

Firmly grounded in the strength and beauty of nature itself, the photographs of Calmen & Bech recall the Romantic era and the origins of the photographic medium. They revive artistic values first embraced by masters of nineteenth century photography such as Gustave le Gray, and later by the Pictorialists. The silvered waters of a lily pond, the twisted roots of the oak tree, and the lush grasses of a fog-swept field encourage us to reconsider our relationship to the natural world.

Though influenced by history and tradition, the work of Calmen & Bech offers a unique and contemporary point of view. Creating multiple panels that fragment the landscape, the artists weave texture and form in a way that appears almost cinematic. Shown in sequence, the photographs suggest the narrative for a story never fully told; the conclusion found only in the eye of the beholder.

Calmen & Bech made their worldwide debut at The AIPAD Photography Show 2008, prior to their first exhibition at HackelBury Fine Art in London in May. Further works are available, please ask for details.

View their online gallery here.

Stephen Inggs is a professor of printmaking at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. Born in South Africa, he studied Printmaking at the University of Brighton, England and the University of Natal, South Africa. He has exhibited widely in South Africa and is included in private and corporate collections worldwide. In addition to his art practice and teaching he has also collaborated on a limited edition print project with Nelson Mandela, entitled 'My Robben Island'. His body of work consists of powerful yet delicate large scale photographs, each one hand-coated with silver gelatin emulsion onto 100% cotton mould-made paper, using traditional techniques. The handmade, tactile and physical aspects of this process are used deliberately to underline the references to history, transience and the overlooked object. The final result in each piece is a unique and original work of art.

Stephen Inggs work has been exhibited in the UK, South Africa, US, Poland and Australia since 1994. It is included in the collections of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Durban Municipal Art Gallery, Durban, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, Mangosuthu Technikon, Umlazi, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, University of Cape Town, Telkom SA (Pty) Ltd, Rand Merchant Bank, MTN Group, Library of Congress, USA, Yale University, USA, Northwestern University, USA

View his online gallery here

Agulhas* is the meeting point where two powerful ocean currents combine, one warm, one freezing cold.
Similarly Edward Dimsdale’s latest body of work brings together three centuries of ideas and techniques.

Dimsdale uses the most modern materials and developments alongside one of the oldest methods of
mechanical reproduction - photogravure - uniting them in a dialogue of ink, light and paper. In his own
words, "memory and desire prompt the shutter's release, and past, present and future converge”.

The results range from sooty, graphic silhouettes, through delicately modulated nature studies, to sculptural
reliefs of light and form. The choice of paper is always intrinsic to the subject, varying from the finest Japanese
tissue to heavy cotton rag.

Agulhas echoes and reflects the fragile nature of our current climate. Photography, too, is in a state of flux,
with traditional techniques by turns challenged and enabled by technical advances. It is a pleasure to pause
and enjoy the simple beauty encapsulated here - a perfect balance of the old and the new.


*Agulhas. Longitude 20° east, marks the division between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

View the entire series here

© Elliott Erwitt

A selection of some of the finest and most personal photographs ever made by Elliott Erwitt. The esteemed photojournalist whose images are known the world over, will be shown this summer at ArtHamptons. Drawn from his two latest monographs, the selection will feature the photographs which the artist considers his ‘personal best'.

Preview the images here ... or read more here

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