Exhibition

Looking Down by Andy Palfreyman

3 Oct 2019 – 8 Oct 2019

Regular hours

Thu, 03 Oct
18:00 – 21:00
Fri, 04 Oct
10:00 – 16:00
Sat, 05 Oct
10:00 – 16:00
Mon, 07 Oct
10:00 – 16:00
Tue, 08 Oct
10:00 – 16:00

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Swiss Church in London

London, United Kingdom

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In his second exhibition, ‘Looking Down,’ Andy aims to draw attention to two aspects of homelessness: first, how the homeless are looked down on both physically and metaphorically; and second how the homeless look down in order to scan the ground for useful found objects.

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Andy held his first exhibition ‘Cardboard and Caviar’ at the Swiss Church in London in December 2015 showing some of the doorways that became his home over his 30 years of living homeless on the street after he has left his parents’ home in Cheshire at the age of 19. Andy has also been exhibited at Tate Modern as part of the Museum of Homelessness exhibition. In his second exhibition, ‘Looking Down,’ Andy aims to draw attention to two aspects of homelessness: first, how the homeless are looked down on both physically and metaphorically; and second how the homeless look down in order to scan the ground for useful found objects.

“When you are street homeless you tend to look down and notice things most of the general public don’t see. It strikes a chord with me, why it’s there, how it got there, and I photograph it. It feels like I’m the only person who sees it. Some of these things can be upsetting, but I see it from a homeless person’s point of view. When I see these things I can personally relate to them. For example in Shaftesbury Avenue there is a broken spanner pressed into the tarmac and I bet no one else can see it but me. It reminds me how homeless people are pushed down and become invisible. Once a homeless guy walked past me, it just started to rain, and he left footprints on the wet pavement. I call this photograph The Invisible Homeless.” (Andy)

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CuratorsToggle

Daniella Rossi

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Andy Palfreyman

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