Gum Bichromate Prints Archives - Ian Phillips McLaren

Ian Phillips McLaren’s practice combines contemporary and 19th century photographic processes, using a versatility both in camera and print making techniques to achieve his results. From Chinese plastic cameras, large format to pinhole, traditional film negatives, paper negatives, digital negatives and hand-made papers and home made emulsions.

Ian’s latest project utilises projections, audio, performance and video to explore self-portraiture in the context of Jung’s four main archetypes Anima/Animus, Shadow, Persona and Self. By moving his images away from the gallery wall onto the surface of handmade effigies he’s creating multi-sensory video sculptures.

January 9, 2020by ipmAlbumen Prints Exhibitions Gum Bichromate Prints

Squaring the Circles of Confusion – Exhibition

Squaring the Circles of Confusion; Neo-Pictorialism in the 21st century exhibition.

This new exhibition, curated by Zelda Cheatle, celebrates the work of artists Takashi Arai, Susan Derges, David George, Joy Gregory, Tom Hunter, Ian Phillips McLaren, Celine Bodin and Spencer Rowell who each bring a pictorialist approach, through aesthetics or process to their contemporary work, addressing important issues and encouraging the beauty of the photographic image.

Date and Time
10 April until 21 June 2020
Thursday – Sunday 10am – 5pm

RPS House
337-340
Paintworks
Arnos Vale
Bristol
BS4 3AR

September 2, 2019by ipmGum Bichromate Prints Limited Edition Prints Recent Works

Gum Bichromate Print

This is a gum bichromate print from my recent ‘Drive By’ series called ‘The Road To Debden’ I decided to leave some brush marks on the bottom of this image to reinforce that this is a photograph made with watercolour pigment.