CHRONICLER OF THE BRITISH WORKING CLASS
In partnership with the GLAZ Festival, the Carré D’art is presenting the national premiere of a Paul Reas retrospective (1982-2012).
Exhibited at the Guernsey Museum as part of the Guernsey Photography Festival 2023-2024, “Fables of Faubus” tells a story of working-class Britain in six chapters. The work focuses on the industrial decline of the Thatcher years and the development of a consumerist, individualistic society against the backdrop of the British musical movement, Northern Soul.
Beneath the historic, social, political and economic elements that we discover in each of his photographs, hides Reas’ artistic journey as a photographer, and the manner in which his various personal and commercial projects have gradually influenced his artistic vision. This extraordinary body of work is presented chronologically; looking back on thirty years of social and economic upheaval in Great Britain. Photo by photo a part of British photographic history is revealed and above all, the unconventional and original journey of an artist who made his mark on the artworld through decades of hard work and a constant questioning of his photographic approach.
Curators: Jean-Christophe Godet and François Boucart.
With thanks to Guernsey Museums and Guernsey Photography Festival. In partnership with Brittany Ferries.
