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World Cup with Gavin, Doug, Wayne, Emma, Nick, Ryszard, Demelza, Anthony, George and Mark after England Victory, Wembley, 1966
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The Miner’s Supper with Doug and Moundina after Northumbrian Miner at his Evening Meal by Bill Brandt, 1937
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Bloody Sunday with Howie, Liam, Gavin, Jodie, Doug, Lorcan and Mark after Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972
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Larisa as Emmeline Pankhurst with Anthony, Ryszard, Mark, Demelza, Howie, George, Gavin, Nick and Doug After Arrest of the Leader of the Suffragette Movement 1909
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Gavin as Churchill after Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, 1941
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Who Do You Think You Are? with Sporty George, Baby Amber, Scary Megan, Ginger Nicola and Posh Demelza after Spice Girls at Brit Awards, 1997
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Maria as Thatcher after Margaret Thatcher in Challenger Tank, Germany, 1986
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Face Off at Orgreave with Howie and Doug after Miners’ Strike by Don McPhee, 1984
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Mark as Keeler after Christine Keeler by Lewis Morley, 1963
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Walton Well Road with Nick, Alex, Gavin and George after Abbey Road album cover by Ian MacMillan, 1969
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Ryszard as The Streaker After Twickenham by Ian Bradshaw 1974
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George as The Smiling Milkman after Keep Calm and Carry On, The London Blitz, 1940 Twickenham by Ian Bradshaw, 1974
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Wayne as Gazza after Paul Gascoigne, Italia 90 World Cup, 1990
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A Royal Engagement with Antonin and Raheleh after Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981
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The Bullingdon Club with Demelza, Gavin, Jodie, Ann, Anthony, Howie, Mark, Doug, Ryszard and Rowan after Dining Club, Oxford, 1987
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16 November - 23 December 2019
Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford, OX12AQ
ICON is the culmination of a project which explores what makes an image iconic. A group of artists who have experienced homelessness worked with Rory Carnegie to learn about the different aspects of making a photograph through investigating iconic imagery. The project exposed them to the technical craft of great photography and the complex logistics involved - from composition and lighting to make-up and prop sourcing - but it also enabled them to think deeply together about their emotional engagement with the images, generating feelings ranging between celebratory, nostalgic, social, political and traumatic. The photographs were selected due to their iconic status and include representations of some of the most recognisable and famous people, or moments, in recent British history.
The group recreated fifteen photographs, in some posing alongside colleagues from Crisis and Arts at the Old Fire Station, making it a truly collaborative experience. ICON asks you to re-examine these images, with people who often feel disreqarded or iqnored now centre staqe.