Exhibition

It's A Hard World For Little Things by C.A. Halpin

3 Jul 2015 – 2 Aug 2015

Event times

Fridy-Sunday 12-6pm or by appointment

Cost of entry

Free

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Angus-Hughes Gallery

London, United Kingdom

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  • Buses 38, 242, 253, 394, , 425, 488
  • Homerton tube
  • Hackney Central Rail
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The exhibition features large-scale drawings, sculpture, music performance and projections, depicting children carrying heavy objects - from bricks and bags to water and each other.

About

The concept is inspired by the 1955 film ‘The Night of the Hunter’, a story of good and evil, seen through the eyes of two runaway orphaned children. While Halpin’s graphic works echo the film in style and tone, they lack any sentimentality in acknowledging young people’s strength and fortitude as they deal with life’s challenges. Halpin’s monumental graphite drawings render the ordinariness of their burdens iconic and cinematic, elevating mundane struggles to mythical storytelling.


The themes that run throughout the shows are further explored in a soundscape with Charles Laughton’s abridged re reading of the book by Davis Grubb, to be accompanied by a choreographed performance and a projection of the original film.

 

The show highlights Halpin’s typically collaborative approach, with an ever-changing group of artists, musicians and performers, here named ‘The Outside World All Stars’, including composer Mat Ducasse, voice artist Fenella Fudge, Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer Vanessa Fenton and projections from Rucksack Cinema. There is also input from typographers Pixel Press and photographers including Alixandra Fazzina and Claire Lawrie, while The Bhopal Medical Appeal charity have allowed access to their photographic archives as reference.

c.a.halpin@theoutsideworld.co.uk

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