The first London exhibition of David LaChapelle will take place at the Robilant & Voena gallery in London this month.
David LaChapelle started his career in fashion photography, video and editorial, but over the past few years LaChapelle has focused only on his interest in fine art. In The Rape of Africa, he gives critique on western consumerism by making apparent its effect on the African continent through references to conquest and plunder, child soldiers and unethical gold and diamond mining. Drawing on Sandra Botticelli's iconic Venus and Mars (housed at the National Gallery, London) for inspiration. LaChapelle shows an apparently glitzy, bold and glamorous image to give us a very disturbing reality.
David LaChapelle 's work is exhibited in museums worldwide; currently at the MOCA Taipei, and recently LACMA Los Angeles, the Monnaie de Paris, Brooklyn Museum New York, and forthcoming at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
David LaChapelle - The Rape of Africa
April 27th - May 25th 2010
Robilant & Voena gallery , London
Written for BLEND.
David LaChapelle 's work is exhibited in museums worldwide; currently at the MOCA Taipei, and recently LACMA Los Angeles, the Monnaie de Paris, Brooklyn Museum New York, and forthcoming at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
David LaChapelle - The Rape of Africa
April 27th - May 25th 2010
Robilant & Voena gallery , London
Written for BLEND.
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