Rembrandt & The Harmonium Seller In Cheshire Street
August 23, 2019
Sometimes images remain in the consciousness of the photographer for decades after the short moment in time they were taken. The ‘man selling a second hand harmonium in Cheshire Street’ taken in 1983 is one of those images. The photograph could have been taken in the 1950s. I often wonder if he ever managed to sell the harmonium.
Man selling a second hand harmonium in Cheshire Street. East London 1983.
The reworked image below used a page from a catalogue for my exhibition ‘As It Is’.
The same image over painted with acrylic, pastel & pencil.
The collaged image below repeats the harmonium keyboard (in negative) and triples the portrait of the harmonium seller.
The same image with collage.
Last month I was struck by a self portrait by Rembrant. It reminded me of of the harmonium player photographed over 350 years later. I decided to make a collage juxtaposing the two images.
Rembrant and the Cheshire Street harmonium player. Mixed media on canvas 80 x 40cm.
Rembrant and the Cheshire Street harmonium player (detail).
Rembrant and the Cheshire Street harmonium player (detail).
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