John Goto

John Goto (born 1949, Stockport, England) is a British photographic artist.[1] His work addresses a range of historical, cultural and socio-political subject areas,[2] often using a satirical approach.

His first one-person exhibition, Goto, Photographs 1971-81, was held at the Photographers’ Gallery, London, in 1981. Other solo shows include Terezin, Raab Gallery, Berlin, 1988; The Scar, Manchester City Museum and Art Gallery, 1993; The Commissar of Space, MOMA, Oxford, 1998; Loss of Face, Tate Britain, London, 2002; High Summer, The British Academy, London, 2005;[3] Dreams of Jelly Roll, Freud Museum, London, 2012.[4]

Goto was Artist-in-Residence at Kettle’s Yard/ University of Cambridge, 1988-9.[5]

Books include Ukadia,[6][7] published to coincide with a solo exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 2003, and Lovers’ Rock,[8] which is a series of portraits made in 1977 by Goto, of young British Afro-Caribbeans.

References

  1. ↑ Debrett’s People of Today. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/14682/ J ohn+GO T O.aspx. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
  2. ↑ Autograph ABP, authors. http://www.autograph-abp-shop.co.uk/authors. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. ↑ Who’s Who 2010, A&C Black Publishers Ltd, London, 2009, ISBN 978-1-408-11414-8
  4. ↑ Freud Museum, London, exhibition archive. http://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitio n s/74621/dreams-of-jelly-roll/. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  5. ↑ Kettle’s Yard Oral History Archive. http://recollection.kettlesyard.co.uk/nod e /40. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  6. ↑ Goto, John, Ukadia, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 2003, ISBN 1-900809-16-8
  7. ↑ Campbell, David and Durden, Mark, Dancing to the music of the till—John Goto’s Ukadia. PARACHUTE, Canada, June (2004). http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/11851/2/Dancing_to_the_Music_of_the_Till.pdf. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  8. ↑ Goto, John, Lovers’ Rock, Autograph ABP, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-899-282-16-6

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